LAGOS – Members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG), on Tuesday suspended loading of petroleum products from NNPC depots nation-wide, following unresolved dispute on pension with the national oil and gas conglomerate.
Mr Tokunbo Korodo, the South-West Chairman of NUPENG, said in interview the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the suspension commenced in the early hours of Sept.16 and would continue until the problem was resolved.
NAN recalls that NUPENG, Petroleum and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and NNPC management had on Sept. 15 failed to reach a compromise on pension issues.[eap_ad_2]
Leaders of both unions were said to have ordered staff of NNPC out of their offices at the corporation’s’ headquarters in Abuja and threatened to shut the premises.
Korodo said that the suspension was only from NNPC depots, adding that loading of petroleum products would still continue in private depots.
“No tankers will go and load petroleum products at any of their depots from today.
“We are still testing the ground now, if the situation remains the same, it will be a total suspension,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Management NNPC has reassured members of the public that they have taken steps to avert a looming industrial action by the NUPENG and PENGASSAN.
The corporation in an earlier statement on Sept.15 and signed by Mr Ohi Alegbe, Group General Manager, Public Affairs, said they it was working with PENCOM to resolve the issues.
It appealed to the leadership of the industrial unions to exercise restraint while discussions continue with PENCOM.
NNPC Management also urged members of the public not to engage in panic buying, assuring that furthersteps were being taken to address the situation. (NAN)[eap_ad_3]
