THE National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, Wednesday, suspended the three-day warning strike it embarked upon on Monday after the intervention of the Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Cooperation GMD NNPC, Engr. Andrew Yakubu.
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NUPENG had on Monday, a few hours after the union downed tools, met with the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, to resolve some of the problems facing the oil and gas sector that led to the strike but the meeting was inconclusive as it did not produce any meaningful result.
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Some of the reasons that led to the warning strike, according to the union, were demand for labour rights for workers in major oil companies, higher pay from their employers, insecurity in the country, crude oil theft and poor funding of the Nigeria Navy,and repair of dilapidated roads that had led to the death of many.
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The GMD NNPC was present at the meeting yesterday to sign the agreement with the union to call off the strike.
Strike is not always the solution to certain things in Nigeria...We all need to learn that once and for all. That is the case.