…says youths intimidating and extorting money from petroleum truck drivers, who are NUPENG/PTD members plying the road The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas, NUPENG, workers in Lagos State have written to the state governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to check the activities of persons it described as unscrupulous elements harassing its members. The letter,
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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
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Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Thursday called on the Anambra state government to provide their tanker lorries with a terminal park. The Chairman, IPMAN, Enugu Depot, Anyaso Chinedu made the call in Awka during a meeting between the Federal Road Safety Corps
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The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria have stated that there is need for the federal government to fix refineries before deregulation in the petroleum sector. The union’s General Secretary, Afolabi Olawale, said this in a telephone interview with our correspondent. According
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There was relief among residents of Rivers State as the oil and gas workers’ unions in the state, including the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, called off their strike on Thursday. Following the strike embarked upon by filling stations and tanker drivers in the state, residents had since Wednesday endured a tough
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National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), has directed its members to stop the distribution of fuel to any part of Rivers State. Also the Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria, it was gathered, instructed its members to shut down their petrol filling stations over an alleged arrest of two tanker drivers and seizure
Read moreMost of the petroleum stations in Badagry communities have closed as the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers of Nigeria suspended distribution of fuel to the city. Chairman, South-West Chapter of the union, Mr Tayo Aboyeji, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Badagry that the suspension was due to harassment and molestation
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