The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) will meet with government officials on Wednesday with a view to resolving the issues surrounding the ongoing strike by members of the union.
The President of the union, Mr Francis Johnson, told the the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview on Monday that the government had called the union to a meeting on Wednesday.
Johnson was quoted by the news agency as saying, “Government has called the union for a meeting against Wednesday.
“The strike is ongoing we have started and everyone can see it.
“There is total compliance in some of the oil installations in the country as the strike continues tomorrow.””
Johnson said that the level of compliance to the industrial action by the oil workers was impressive.
NAN reports PENGASSAN and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) embarked on an indefinite strike on Monday to protest what they called the anti-labour practices in the sector by employers and the non-passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB).
Others grievances are the inability of government to carry out turn-around maintenance of the refineries and reduce pump prices of petroleum products in line with the slump in global prices of crude oil.
The strike is also to ensure that government evolves new strategies to combat pipeline vandalism and crude oil theft that have impacted negatively on the nation’s economy and employment in the country.
The unions are also protesting the non -implementation of the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act to reflect Nigerians in management positions and expatriate quota law, among others.
