The Federal government led by the Minister of
Labor, Chris Ngige, today began talks with leaders
of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff
Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, to end their 5-
day strike action. According to both parties, the
dialogue have so far been satisfactory...
Labor, Chris Ngige, today began talks with leaders
of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff
Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, to end their 5-
day strike action. According to both parties, the
dialogue have so far been satisfactory...
NUPENG however says the strike will still continue
until all issues that led to the call for the strike
action is adequately addressed. Among the
grievance of the oil workers include; staff
redundancy and collective bargaining. Speaking after
the meeting which lasted over six hours at the
Federal Ministry of Labor, the Minister of state for
Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, said
"The meetings were collaborative. They were
deliberate, they were frank and solution seeking. In
most of the key areas, we had a good collaborative
landing@he said Minister of Labor, Chris Ngige,
said the only issue outstanding at the moment is
the issue of unemployment in the sector "We only
have one issue outstanding and that is
unemployment. and that matter will be addressed
tomorrow because the IOCs are not here.
