Labour unions in Nigeria’s oil sector, the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), have called off their strike with immediate effect.
The unions had shut offices of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, nationwide following the announcement of its unbundling by minister of state for petroleum, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu.
However, following an over night meeting with Kachikwu the Group Managing Director of NNPC, the unions have now resolved to work with the NNPC as long as its workers were not affected in the unbundling.
A communication from the GECs of NUPENG and PENGASSAN on the development below:
“The GECs of NUPENG and PENGASSAN had a marathon meeting with the GMD/Minister of Petroleum (State) and NNPC Top Mgt for several hours, ending this morning @ 4:30am on the on-going industrial action.
After exhaustive deliberations, a resolution was signed by the two parties. In view of that, the INDUSTRIAL ACTION is hereby suspended.
The GEC salutes your SOLIDARITY, UNDERSTANDING & COOPERATION.
NUPENGASSAN”.
“Details of the communique signed at the end of the meeting will be provided in due course.
“On behalf of the BECs of the two in-house unions, I thank you all for the cooperation and support extended to us during the struggle.”
