Oil workers call off their strike
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), have suspended their five-day old strike. The industrial action was suspended after a meeting with petroleum minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke.
The oil workers had on Monday embarked on an indefinite strike because of the NNPC’s alleged refusal to address in-house pension issues concerning workers in the oil industry.
A communiqué which was jointly signed by PENGASSAN president, Francis Johnson and permanent secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Jamila Shu’ara, was read by NUPENG president, Achese Igwe, on Friday after the meeting, stating that the industrial action was suspended after the intervention of Mrs. Allison-Madueke.
The strike crippled power supply across Nigeria, with many states in the federation experiencing blackout for days.
