Fuel Scarcity Looms As NUPENG Issues 7-day Ultimatum

An industrial action may be looming in the oil industry as the Port Harcourt zone of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers has issued a 7-day ultimatum to one of the oil companies operating in the zone for alleged unlawful disengagement of some of its members.

Chairman of the Port Harcourt zone of NUPENG, Alex Agwanwor at a media briefing in Port Harcourt said the ultimatum was an outcome of an extensive deliberation by the union over the matter.


Agwanwor said three hundred of their members were unlawfully disengaged by the company, stressing that the move was against labour laws. He called on the government to prevail on the company to rescind the decision, failure which their members in the zone will withdraw their services indefinitely.


He said, “We hereby give 7 days ultimatum to OES Deep See Offshore and other anti union companies who are fond of violating Labour Laws. If nothing is done by these companies to reverse their anti labour practices we will embark on an indefinite strike and we will be left with no choice than to withdraw our service. We will make sure this affects everywhere our members are involved including refineries and oil depots."

From Daily Post