The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, on Thursday 10th
March, 2016 announced the suspension of the strike action embarked upon by
members of the Corporation's arm of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural
Gas Workers, NUPENG, and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff
Association, PENGASSAN.
The NNPC stated that the strike action was called off after an extensive
session presided over by the Honorable Minister of State for Petroleum
Resources and Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. lbe Kachikwu with the
leadership of the unions led by the National Presidents, Comrades lgwe Achese
and Francis Johnson of NUPENG and PENGASSAN respectively at the NNPC Towers,
Abuja.
The meeting resolved that collaboration between the HMSPR/GMD and the
Unions would be improved by ensuring that both Management and Unions
continually consult on issues and policies that would be fashioned to move the
Corporation forward. The NNPC noted that consensus was reached on other
outstanding issues bordering on pension matters, job security as well as staff
performance and appraisal.
The Minister assured that the restructuring was aimed at enhancing
capacity utilization of staff and not creating job losses.
The Corporation noted that the meeting ended in the wee-hours of Thursday
with a strong commitment and a firm resolution from the leadership of the
Unions to support the restructuring and ongoing change process carried out in
the NNPC.
As part of the resolutions reached at the meeting, both the Management of
NNPC and leadership of the Unions pledged to work together to eliminate the
prevailing challenges experienced by members of the public in accessing
petroleum products across the country.
Signed: Management
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