Hon Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN (right) discussing with Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Dayo Mobereola (4th right), Federal Controller of Works, Engr. Godwin Eke (middle), South West Public Relations Officer of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Comrade Tayo Aboyeji (2nd right), President Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO) ,Chief Remi Ogungbemi (3rd right) and officials of Julius Berger Nigeria Plc immediately after the Minister’s meeting with stakeholders to solicit cooperation on the immediate closure of the Apapa-Ijora Bridge linking the Apapa Central Business District with Lagos Island in Lagos by the Federal Government for emergency repair works on Sunday 7th August , 2016.
—-As FG directs oil companies to obey agreement with workers
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
ABUJA – THE Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas, NUPENG, Wednesday announced the suspension of the three day warning strike.
This is as the Federal Government has directed oil companies operating in the country to obey every agreement entered into with workers and also pay all the entitlement of workers that were laid off.
Both the Federal Government represented by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige and the leaderships of NUPENG and PENGASSAN said there was a peaceful resolution of various contentious issues ranging from indiscriminate declaration of redundancy and sack of workers by some oil companies without due consultation with the leadership of the Union.
Speaking after the meeting, Senator Ngige directed some of the representatives of oil companies who left the meeting after resolution of their issues to comply, with every agreement while those that failed to attend the meeting were given up to July to meet with the minister and relevant stakeholders.
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