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PENGASSAN Advocates for Major Overhaul in Nigeria’s Refinery Operations, Pushes for Enhanced Energy Security Measures

Ihesiulo Grace 27 September 2024 0

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has urged the Federal Government to intensify efforts to operationalise the country’s four refineries. The Association advocates for the government to reduce its majority stake in these refineries to no more

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PENGASSAN laments expatriate domination in Nigeria’s oil industry

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BY UKPONO UKPONG The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), yesterday raised an alarm over the increasing dominance of expatriates, particularly Indian nationals, in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. Speaking at the PENGASSAN Energy and Labour Summit in Abuja, the association’s President, Comrade Festus Osifo, expressed deep concern

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Why fuel queues persist – PENGASSAN president

Ihesiulo Grace 23 August 2024 0

President, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Mr Festus Osifo, has identified reasons for persistent queues in filling stations across the country. Speaking at the ongoing 2024 PENGASSAN Energy and Labour Summit (PEALS 2024), in Abuja on Thursday, Osifo identified weak and outdated distribution chains as reason for the queues. “The

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PENGASSAN vows to end scourge of crude oil theft

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The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) says it will not relent until victory is achieved in the fight against crude oil theft. The President of the association, Festus Osifo, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja at the 2024 PENGASSAN Energy and Labour Summit (PEALS 2024). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]

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PENGASSAN donates N40m lab to Rivers school

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The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN (TotalEnergies branch) has highlighted her commitment to the promotion of science education in Nigeria by donating an ultramodern multipurpose science laboratory to a Rivers school, Community Secondary School Rumunduru in Obio/Akpor LGA of the state. Initiated by Comrade Charles Daramola, chairman

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PENGASSAN insists electricity won’t improve after May 29, chides Buhari’s poor legacies

Ihesiulo Grace 22 May 2023 0

BY NOSA AKENZUA Huge debts, operational barriers laced with poor investments, were critical Challenges that the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria ( PENGASSAN) insisted at the weekend in Asaba would hinder the improvement of power supply in Nigeria. Mr. Festus Osifo, President of the union who spoke to journalists said that […]

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PENGASSAN urges Buhari to sign energy commission bill before handover

Ihesiulo Grace 20 May 2023 0

By Joy Obakeye The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (PENGASSAN) has pleaded to President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently assent to the Energy Commission of Nigeria Amendment Bill, 2022 before handing over to the incoming administration on May 29, 2023. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the President of the […]

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PENGASSAN to clampdown on marketers over N650 petrol sales

Ihesiulo Grace 1 February 2023 0

By Godwin Anyebe The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN has reported that their findings showed that the price of Premium Motor Spirit, commonly known as petrol, had increased as high as N650/litre in some places. It said this was due to the prolonged scarcity of the commodity, which grew worse […]

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Oil theft is big business, hold Military responsible – PENGASSAN

Ihesiulo Grace 22 September 2022 0

By Haruna Salami Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), declared Wednesday that the military should be held responsible for high rate of crude oil theft in the country. The theft as disclosed by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), is about 95.4million litres per day or 600,000 barrels, since a […]

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NUPENG, PENGASSAN shut down OML 147, 98 over unpaid severances

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2021 0

Nosa Akenzua, Asaba The joint body of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and  Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has shut down OML 98 and OML 147 belonging to Pan-Ocean over unpaid severance allowance. It was gathered that Pan-Ocean Flow Station fields at Ovade-Oghara, Ethiope West Local […]

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BREAKING: Petrol scarcity looms as PENGASSAN commences nationwide strike

Ihesiulo Grace 9 November 2020 0

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, […]

Oil & Gas

Festus Osifo emerges PENGASSAN president

Ihesiulo Grace 5 September 2020 0

By Joy Obakeye Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has elected national officers to run its affairs in the next three years (2020- 2023) with Comrade Festus Osifo of Total Nigeria E&P Branch emerging as the 16th President of the Association. He has defeated his sole challenger, Comrade Roland Fredericks of […]

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Workers’ Day: PENGASSAN wants economy managers to double effort in creating a robust economy

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2020 0

….urges workers to acquire relevant digital skills The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has said there is an urgent need for managers of the nation’s economy to make conscious and deliberate effort in creating a robust economy that will enhance the effective participation of all and improve the per capita […]

Labour

Oil workers picket General Electric Over non-implementation of exit benefits

Ihesiulo Grace 4 February 2020 0

Oil workers under the auspices of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) have disrupted business activities at the headquarters of General Electric over non settlement of exit benefits of their ex-staff four years after disengagement from service. The main […]

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Subsidy payment of N45.21 on each litre of petrol not sustainable – PENGASSAN

Ihesiulo Grace 27 January 2020 0

…Says refineries are in a stage of comatose, need to be revived …NNPC a toothless dog that can only bark but can’t bite-Analyst The President, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Comrade Ndukaku Ohaeri, has revealed that N45.21 subsidy paid by the Federal Government on every litre of petrol consumed in […]

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Reconsider passage of PIGB to resuscitate Nigeria’s refinery, PENGASSAN tells FG

Ihesiulo Grace 14 January 2020 0

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has urged the federal government to look beyond politics and reconsider the passage of Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) as this bill will remove some of the barriers of efficiency. Speaking in a press conference with journalists in Lagos, the National President of the […]

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Stop sacking Nigerians, reduce expats allowances, PENGASSAN tells Chevron

Ihesiulo Grace 10 January 2020 0

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), on Thursday, called on the management of Chevron Nigeria Limited to respect the demands of its Nigerian workers. Mr. Ndukaku Ohaeri, PENGASSAN’s President, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that it was important for the management to “respectfully reconsider the protesting […]

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PENGASSAN loses as Court upholds Labour Minister’s discretion to call for arbitration

Ihesiulo Grace 3 July 2018 0

Honourable Justice Simisola Adeniyi of the National Industrial Court, Abuja has struck out the suit of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) against Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPN) in an action to quash the Honourable Minister for Labour and Employment’s referral of an industrial dispute between the parties to the […]

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PENGASSAN to promote gender equality in oil, gas sector

Ihesiulo Grace 10 March 2018 0

PENGASSAN will continue to reiterate our commitment to the adoption and implementation of policies that promote gender equality in the oil and gas industry, our union and Nigeria as a whole. To this end, we will continue to support programmes that improve not only our members’ welfare, but also ensure more protective measures for our […]

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PENGASSAN visits agencies, profers solutions to lingering fuel scarcity

Ihesiulo Grace 25 February 2018 0

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has called for rehabilitation of the refineries, depots and other oil and gas infrastructural facilities as the solutions to end the current rounds of fuel scarcity in the country. A statement signed by the National Public Relations Officer, PENGASSAN, Comrade Fortune Obi said that […]