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By Bayo Wahab
Former President of the Nigerian Labour Congress and lawmaker representing Edo North, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, has faulted Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria’s (PENGASSAN) determination to unopen down government-owned lipid organizations implicit its quality with Dangote Refinery.
Amid its face-off with Dangote Refinery, PENGASSAN precocious directed each its members to retreat their services implicit the sack of astatine slightest 800 members of the national by the refinery.
The directive led to the closure of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) offices successful Abuja connected Monday.
The determination consequently caused substance scarcity arsenic substance queues surfaced astatine petrol stations successful galore parts of the country.
However, Oshiomhole has expressed disappointment with however PENGASSAN handled the dispute, saying that the contented should not person been escalated to a secondary level.
Speaking connected Arise Television’s ‘The Morning Show’ connected Friday, the erstwhile NLC President, the national should not person unopen down the lipid assemblage successful its bid to support a radical of workers.
He said, “What I’m not definite is close is the easiness with which Ferguson resorted to escalating the mode to secondary level, what we telephone the secondary solidarity to a constituent of shutting down the lipid sector. I deliberation that, successful seeking to support a peculiar acceptable of workers, you bash not past hazard the occupation of respective different workers.”
Oshiomhole argued that earlier a labour national tin telephone for a nationalist strike, determination indispensable person been an argument, oregon a combat with the authorities implicit an contented that affects each Nigerians.
“I don’t person immoderate proof, but my acquisition is that, earlier you unopen the gross of NNPC, determination has to beryllium a fight. So erstwhile I saw NNPC gross effortlessly closed, each the different companies, authorities owned lipid companies without immoderate effort closed. I’m similar if this were backstage employers, would they let their companies to adjacent without immoderate resistance… I bash not deliberation so. So, wherefore is everybody seemingly truthful helpless that we are astatine the mercy of anyone?” the erstwhile labour person asked.
Oshiomhole contended that labour unions’ operations are guided by the law, adding that earlier national leaders tin spell to the grade of shutting down the economy, the workers indispensable spot a valid crushed to enactment their call.
“Before you instrumentality those measures, you are acceptable for a fight. And the workers for them to travel indispensable spot the linkage betwixt their well-being and what is astatine stake, Oshiomhole submitted.
The station Oshiomhole faults PENGASSAN for shutting lipid assemblage implicit quality with Dangote Refinery appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.
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