Oil workers under the aegis of the Nigeria Union
of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers and the
Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff
Association of Nigeria will commence a
nationwide strike on Monday (today) to protest
the inability of the Federal Government to carry
out turnaround maintenance of the nation’s four
refineries and reduce pump prices of petrol in
line with the slump in global prices of crude oil.
The unions said their members had been fully
mobilised, adding that the strike would not be
suspended until there was a strong commitment
from the government and managements/
operators of affected oil companies on the
issues.
They said in a joint statement made available to
our correspondents on Sunday by the Media and
Information Officer, PENGASSAN, Mr. Babatunde
Oke, that the strike would affect all oil and gas
operations in the upstream, midstream and
downstream sectors.
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