PENGASSAN threatens to disrupt upstream operations over prolonged labour issues

“We volition state nationalist strike”, PENGASSAN threatens to disrupt upstream operations implicit Sterling Oil issues

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The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has threatened to disrupt upstream operations crossed Nigeria if the ongoing anti-labour issues are not addressed.

The radical had raised its concerns astir anti-labour practices going connected successful Sterling Oil Exploration and Energy Production Company (SEEPCo) successful a protestation astatine the company’s caput bureau past week.

The radical complained that the institution was discriminating against Nigerians successful favour of Indian nationals, and violating the NOGICD Act.

PENGASSAN precocious raised alarm implicit the mode successful which Nigerians are being discriminated successful favour of Indian nationals astatine Sterling Oil. Photo credit: Sharon Seretlo
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PENGASSAN is asking the authorities to measurement into the substance and unit SEEPCo to region its 10,699 Indian expatriates moving crossed 15 locations and employment qualified Nigerians into the position.

Speaking astatine a property league successful Abuja, the PENGASSAN President, Festus Osifo threatened that the national would retreat its members and disrupt each upstream cognition successful Nigeria.

PENGASSAN pickets Sterling Oil caput office

In the protest past week, PENGASSAN complained astir the maltreatment of the expatriate quota strategy with Sterling Oil employing for overseas nationals than it was approved to.

PENGASSAN besides disclosed that qualified and skilled Nigerians were being denied apical positions successful the company, successful favour of Indian nationals, the PUNCH reports.

This enactment violated Section 32 of the Nigerian Content Development Board Act, Osifo pointed out.

At the property conference, Osifo stressed that if thing is done to reverse the situation, PENGASSAN would retreat its workers who marque up 90% of the upstream segment.

Osifo provided nary timeline for the enactment but noted that the national has already reached retired to its members to beryllium ready.

He said;

“We person done each these and thing is done, we volition state a nationalist strike. Remember, successful the upstream cognition of the lipid and state industry, those that are carrying retired the operations, implicit 90% of them are our members. So, by the clip we retreat our members from the upstream, the full upstream volition beryllium grounded.”

He explained that this includes those members moving astatine the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, who are indispensable to lifting operations.

Osifo called connected the authorities to enactment quickly, oregon other the plants would beryllium unopen down and upstream operations grounded.

NCDMB lists different violations from Sterling Oil

According to NCDMB, the institution employed implicit 400 overseas nationals successful 2018 without obtaining owed approval. Photo credit: Contributor/State House
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Recall that the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) already announced that ineligible enactment is being taken against Sterling Oil institution implicit repeated violations of the said act.

According to NCDMB, the institution has repeatedly appointed and employed overseas nationals without getting the required support from the board.

The institution besides refused to comply with the directives given to it to supply grounds of exit for the overseas nationals who were employed without permission.

FG takes ineligible enactment against Sterling Oil

In related news, the federal government has announced plans to instrumentality Sterling Oil Exploration and Energy Production Company (SEEPCo) to tribunal over the alleged anti-labour practices and maltreatment of the expatriate quota system.

The authorities is taking this enactment done the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).

The authorities noted that the institution had repeatedly violated the section contented directives.

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