By Jimitota Onoyume

PORT HARCOURT— National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG and the Petroleum and Natural  Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN  have accused Agip of violating a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State  order with its recent alleged directive to Arco Petroleum Nigeria Llimited to vacate its plants at OB/OB, Ebocha and Kwale with immediate effect.

In a joint statement, yesterday in Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt Zonal Chairman of NUPENG, Godwin Eruba and the PENGASSAN Chairman in the zone, M. Azubuike, said the two unions would not hesitate to call on their members to embark on industrial action if the oil company continues to ignore the orders of the court.

The unions also called for the immediate payment of alleged accumulated overhaul allowances of Arco workers at OB/OB, Ebocha and Kwale gas plants.

“NUPENG and PENGASSAN strongly condemn the quit order given to Arco Petroleum (Nigeria) Plc by NAOC to vacate their plants at OB/OB, Ebocha and Kwale with immediate effect to give way for Plantgeria (Nigeria) Limited, to take over the plant. The unions refer  to a subsisting Federal High Court injunction barring NAOC from taking any action till October 26, 2015 when the case is to come up for hearing, the union added.