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PENGASSAN Ends Nationwide Strike

THE  Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has finally suspended its planned nationwide strike.

The  strike was planned to commence on Monday by 11:59 pm.

The  PENGASSAN’s decision was as a result of the intervention of the Director of State Security Service, the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu.

Justifying its action, PENGASSAN had earlier alleged anti-labour practices against some of its members by some indigenous oil companies.

The management of Neconde Energy Limited after the negotiation with the DSS, the Federal Government represented by the Minister of Labour and Minister of State for Petroleum, learnt issued a letter of recall to the sacked employees of the company.

Neconde Energy Limited, represented by its Medical Director and legal consultants agreed to allow the union to exist in the company.

Fortune Obi, the PENGASSAN National PRO, who disclosed the decision of the association to suspend the strike said  the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, agreed to endeavor to resolve anti-union posture by other indigenous companies and marginal field operators, adding that a meeting was fixed for the second week of January 2018 to look at the issues critically.

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