JUST IN: NUPENG, PENGASSAN Suspend Strike 1
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JUST IN: NUPENG, PENGASSAN Suspend Strike

Members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers (NUPENG), and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) have suspended the strike they undertook to protest against the non-payment of their salaries.

PENGASSAN’s Public Relations Officer, Fortune Obi, confirmed the suspension Tuesday morning.

He said, “Strike suspended as Federal Government agrees to pay the owed salaries while the IPPS (Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System) is sorted out in the future”.

PENGASSAN members had initiated the strike on 12th August over non-payment of their salaries for the past three months and in protest against the inclusion by the Nigerian government of oil workers in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).

The DAILY VENDOR gathered on Tuesday morning that PENGASSAN and NUPENG held a meeting Monday night in Abuja with the Accountant General of the Federation, where it was decided that the three month salary arrears be paid through the IPPIS platform.

Sources from the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF), said the OAGF had begun the salary payment process with effect from Monday night.

There was equally an agreement that all the agencies involved hand in a copy of the letter sent to them by the OAGF and the salary upload for May, June and July.

Parties at the meeting agreed that a new date would be fixed for all stakeholders to meet and discuss concerns surrounding the enrolment of oil workers on the IPPIS platform.

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