BREAKING: Petrol scarcity looms as PENGASSAN commences nationwide strike

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has commenced nationwide strike, thus could make Nigeria face the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, in coming days.

Daily Times gathered that the Associations were ordered by the association to vacate their duty posts.

The order was issued in a letter, dated November 8, 2020, and signed by the General Secretary, PENGASSAN, Lumumba Okugbawa, which was also copied to the Central Working Committee members of the association.

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Okugbawa told our correspondent in Abuja that the strike was to kick against the failure of the government to make any concrete move as regards the differences between PENGASSAN and government on matters bordering on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System.