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In Abuja, few members that reported for duty early this morning were
turned back from the NNPC Towers, except for NUPENG members and
management staff who went about their normal duties. 
In Port Harcourt, the strike was also successful, as many members were
not in their offices. The monitoring team that went round the city
reported that members in NNPC office, the Port Harcourt Refinery Company
(PHRC), Shell and Total fully complied with the strike order.
At the NNPC depot in Port Harcourt, the management of the depot
initially tried to use Industrial Trainees (IT) and contract staff to
load/off load fuel trucks but before 12 noon, the leadership of the
depot were called to order and the loading was stopped.
At the Warri zone, there was total compliance, except for members in
Chevron, who early in the morning were in their offices but later joined
by vacating their offices around 10am “There was no lifting of
petroleum products in Warri or anywhere in the zone as our members fully
complied with the strike directive,” a source among the monitoring team
said.
Members of the association in Lagos also stayed away from their offices
and there was no lifting of petroleum products at the depots and loading
bays.
In Kaduna, there was total compliance with the strike directive, as
members stayed away from their offices. Most offices in the Kaduna
Refinery and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) were empty and there was no
lifting of petroleum products from the depots, the statement said.
Speaking on the strike action, the PENGASSAN National Public Relations
Officer, Comrade Emmanuel Ojugbana, who also visited some offices in
Warri confirmed full compliance by members and said that the strike is
not only about the members of the association but about the survival of
the oil and gas industry in Nigeria.
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| PENGASSAN President, Francis Johnson |
The
Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of
Nigeria(PENGASSAN) says there was total compliance by members to the
directive to embark on an indefinite strike on Friday. The workers
started the strike on Thursday and a statement from the union said many
PENGASSAN members stayed away from their offices.
Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of
Nigeria(PENGASSAN) says there was total compliance by members to the
directive to embark on an indefinite strike on Friday. The workers
started the strike on Thursday and a statement from the union said many
PENGASSAN members stayed away from their offices.
In Abuja, few members that reported for duty early this morning were
turned back from the NNPC Towers, except for NUPENG members and
management staff who went about their normal duties.
There was total compliance in government agencies, as staff stayed away
from their offices. In Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency
(PPPRA), Nigeria Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NNRA), Pipelines and
Products Marketing Company (PPMC) and the Petroleum Equalisation Fund
(PEFMB) headquarters, virtually all offices were locked.
In Port Harcourt, the strike was also successful, as many members were
not in their offices. The monitoring team that went round the city
reported that members in NNPC office, the Port Harcourt Refinery Company
(PHRC), Shell and Total fully complied with the strike order.
At the NNPC depot in Port Harcourt, the management of the depot
initially tried to use Industrial Trainees (IT) and contract staff to
load/off load fuel trucks but before 12 noon, the leadership of the
depot were called to order and the loading was stopped.
At the Warri zone, there was total compliance, except for members in
Chevron, who early in the morning were in their offices but later joined
by vacating their offices around 10am “There was no lifting of
petroleum products in Warri or anywhere in the zone as our members fully
complied with the strike directive,” a source among the monitoring team
said.
Members of the association in Lagos also stayed away from their offices
and there was no lifting of petroleum products at the depots and loading
bays.
In Kaduna, there was total compliance with the strike directive, as
members stayed away from their offices. Most offices in the Kaduna
Refinery and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) were empty and there was no
lifting of petroleum products from the depots, the statement said.
Speaking on the strike action, the PENGASSAN National Public Relations
Officer, Comrade Emmanuel Ojugbana, who also visited some offices in
Warri confirmed full compliance by members and said that the strike is
not only about the members of the association but about the survival of
the oil and gas industry in Nigeria.
