The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers
(NUPENG) has called on the Federal Government to embrace the use of dialogue to
resolve the lingering
impasse between the management of Capital Oil and
Department of State Services (DSS), over the illegal sale of petroleum products
stored in their tank farm by the NNPC.
The union stated that workers have the right to
protest the non-payment of their salaries and allowances and that the Federal
Government should secure the jobs of those working in the sector.
Vanguard reported that, NUPENG, in a statement signed by its President, Igwe
Achese, stressed that although it does not support the illegal diversion and
sale of petroleum products, it was of the opinion that the Federal Government
cannot sit still and watch workers lose their jobs.
The Union also made
reference to the case of Seawolf Oil Services that was taken over by the Assets
Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in which it says workers are yet to
be paid their backlog of salaries and entitlements for over five years.
*”NUPENG believes that the job creation mantra of the government should be
allowed to play, rather than paving way for job losses as it is the case of the
current closure of Capital Oil.”*
*It therefore called on the government to
allow the 2,000 workers to resume work at the depot and load products so that
their salaries can be paid, “instead of throwing them into the unemployment
market for no fault of theirs”.
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