The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers has suspended its 21 days’ ultimatum to employers in the Oil and Gas sector of the country to address crucial issues affecting its members.
NUPENG National President, Mr Williams Aaporeha who made the announcement in Abuja, the suspension was due to the reinstatement of 89 oil and natural gas workers sacked by OES Deepsea Offshore oil firm based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Aaporeha commended the Chairman House Committee on Petroleum Resources Downstream, Mr Joseph Akinlaja, Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen Chris Ngige, among others, for their quick intervention.
He, however, warned that the union might commence strike in Akwa Ibom State without further notice over the State government’s “nonchalant attitude towards resolving crucial issues affecting” their members in Universal Energy Ltd and the Frontier Nigeria Ltd.
The Union had on June 2, 2018, issued a 21-day ultimatum over some crucial and critical issues affecting the union and its members across the nation.
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