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A statement issued by the President of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Igwe Achese, on Wednesday in Lagos stated that the union has not shelved its proposed plans to go on strike over the planned sale of the country’s refineries.
According to the statement, the union still believe that the decision to privatise the four refineries was hastily taken and that it would still be resisted by NUPENG.
“The attention of the union was drawn to some stories that NUPENG has suspended the strike. The union states that the report is erroneous and full of distortions of facts,” the statement said.
It added that NUPENG members in NNPC and its subsidiaries had however embarked on daily prayer sessions, calling for God’s intervention.
The statement quoted Achese as calling “NUPENG members to intensify on the prayer sessions, which is a prelude to the nationwide strike coming up this week’’.
It added that the meeting scheduled by the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Emeka Wogu, would be futile if the Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, was not involved.
NUPENG and PENGASSAN in December 2013 had threatened to embark on strike in January.
The two unions had said this would be if the Federal Government failed to reverse its decision to privatise the country’s four refineries.
According to the statement, the union still believe that the decision to privatise the four refineries was hastily taken and that it would still be resisted by NUPENG.
“The attention of the union was drawn to some stories that NUPENG has suspended the strike. The union states that the report is erroneous and full of distortions of facts,” the statement said.
It added that NUPENG members in NNPC and its subsidiaries had however embarked on daily prayer sessions, calling for God’s intervention.
The statement quoted Achese as calling “NUPENG members to intensify on the prayer sessions, which is a prelude to the nationwide strike coming up this week’’.
It added that the meeting scheduled by the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Emeka Wogu, would be futile if the Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, was not involved.
NUPENG and PENGASSAN in December 2013 had threatened to embark on strike in January.
The two unions had said this would be if the Federal Government failed to reverse its decision to privatise the country’s four refineries.