NUPENG Calls Off Strike

Date: 29-07-2012 2:10 pm (11 years ago) | Author: Omogbolahan Babs
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National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG)
• Fed Govt agrees to pay subsidy within two weeks
The strike called by the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) to protest Federal Government’s suspension of the payment of fuel subsidy claims to importers is over.
The strike which began on Thursday was called off at the weekend following a promise by the government to settle the subsidy within two weeks.
News of the government position and NUPENG’s decision to end the strike was broken via a joint communiqué by the Minister of State for Finance, Dr. Yerima Lawan Ngama; Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu; NUPENG President, Igwe Achese; Group Managing Director (GMD) of NNPC, Andrew Yakubu; Executive Secretary, PPPPRA, Reginald Stanley; and President, Jetties and Petroleum Tank Farm Owners Association of Nigeria (JEPTFON), Enoch Kanawa.
All the parties, according to the signatories to the communiqué, “agreed to follow up on all the issues agreed upon … and ensure their actualization.  Based on this understanding, NUPENG agreed to suspend the on-going industrial action while JEPTFON shall open the Jetties and Depots owned by its members.”
NUPENG’s President Igwe Achese could not be reached by phone for comment.
 It was gathered that the Federal Government, at the Thursday meeting, promised to issue Sovereign Debt Notes (SDN) for payment of verified 2012 Petroleum Subsidy Arrears within the next two weeks.
NUPENG expressed dissatisfaction over the state of the nation’s refineries, and sought to know whether their Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) would commence as scheduled. NNPC, responding, said the TAM is already in progress and will soon be completed.
 The Federal Government also agreed to address the problem of bad state of roads in and out of the refineries and the danger posed by such roads. The Port Harcourt Refinery road in particular will be given immediate attention.
The Assets Management Company of Nigeria is expected to consider NUPENG’s request for the restructuring of loans given to JEPTFON members into long term debts.


Posted: at 29-07-2012 02:10 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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