Politics

Dogara gives antidote to incessant fuel scarcity

Ihesiulo Grace 7 February 2018 0

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has advocated for local refining of crude oil to make fuel available and easily accessible to all Nigerians, saying every other measure to put an end to the recurring problem of fuel scarcity will work temporarily which he described as

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Amidst scarcity, PENGASSAN Decorates Baru for Instituting industry peace

Ihesiulo Grace 20 January 2018 0

Amidst biting fuel scarcity across the country, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has conferred a distinguished award on the Group Managing Director of the of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru, for promoting industrial harmony since assumption of office. The award, prepare by the NNPC Corporate

Headlines

PENGASSAN frowns at ill-treatment of members by SIPC over sales of property

Ihesiulo Grace 15 January 2018 0

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has called on Sinopec International Petroleum Company (SIPC), a subsidiary of Sinopec Group to, as a matter of urgency initiate discussions with its employees, who are also members of the union over employment contracts. This is in reaction to the on-going Global Assets Optimisation […]

Business

Fuel scarcity: Black marketers are kings

Ihesiulo Grace 24 December 2017 0

Labour: Enough of orchestrated hardships Nigerians are now groaning in pains as fuel scarcity continues to bite harder, Nigerians are finding it extremely difficult to move from one city to another. Selling of fuel at black market continued unabated as a litre now goes for between N250 and N350 at petrol stations while four litre […]

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Relief as PENGASSAN suspends industrial action

Ihesiulo Grace 19 December 2017 0

• Fuel crisis crippled business activities nationwide • Minister’s intervention aborted strike Nigerians on Monday heaved a sigh of relief as the planned strike by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (PENGASSAN) was suspended by the masterminds of the industrial strike. The decision to call off the industrial action by the […]

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SSS other stakeholders wade in PENGASSAN Strike

Ihesiulo Grace 18 December 2017 0

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, last night stepped up consultations with key agencies of government in a last ditch effort to avert the impending nationwide strike it declared last Friday. One of the agencies involved in the negotiations was the State Security Service, petrol scarcity continues across the country. […]

Business

PENGASSAN supports NNPC’s exploration in Inland Basins

Ihesiulo Grace 27 November 2017 0

The Nigerian National Petroleum corporation NNPC, has been commended of its efforts by visiting PENGASSAN leadership on its efforts to return Nigeria refineries to full profitability just as the corporation has said it embarks on exploration in inland basins across the nation. PENGASSAN National President, Comrade Francis Johnson, stated this Tuesday, in Abuja, when the

Business

PENGASSAN supports NNPC’s exploration in Inland Basins

Ihesiulo Grace 23 November 2017 0

…says can add value to refineries The Nigerian National Petroleum corporation NNPC, has been commended of its efforts by visiting PENGASSAN leadership on its efforts to return Nigeria refineries to full profitability just as the corporation has said it embarks on exploration in inland basins across the nation. PENGASSAN National President, Comrade Francis Johnson,

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Fractured and fractious unions: Inside Nigerian labour’s identity crisis

Ihesiulo Grace 25 October 2017 0

Commendable or shoddy, astute or shady, apt or pretentious; the range of possible opinions are diverse and depending on the inclination of the observer, can be regarded as valid for many aspects of Nigerian labour unions. Pointedly, unions in Africa’s largest economy are undergoing something of an identity crisis, one that is little discussed and […]

Business

GMD NNPC courts investors to establish refinery in A/Ibom

Ihesiulo Grace 12 October 2017 0

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Kacalla Baru, has said that he had engaged investors to establish a refinery in Akwa Ibom State. In a press statement signed by the General Manager, Public Affairs Division, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, the NNPC GMD, revealed this during PENGASSAN’s Triennial Retreat/Synergy workshop, […]

Energy

$25bn NNPC contracts: PENGASSAN vows to resist interference in administration

Ihesiulo Grace 10 October 2017 0

….Supports Senate’s investigations Oil workers, under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) have vowed to resist any attempt by officials who are not designated for the administration of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to meddle with the affairs of the Corporation. The workers warned that they

News

N800bn debts: PENGASSAN, NUPENG threaten strike

Ihesiulo Grace 9 October 2017 0

……Banks worried over marketers’ huge loans Total collapse of the petroleum downstream sector may be imminent, as both the Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers Senior Staff Association (PENGASAN) and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) have concluded arrangements to embark on indefinite strike action due to the backlog of salaries owed

Power & Energy

PPPRA Union Demands Fuel Price Increase, Fuel Tax

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2015 0

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, (PPPRA), branch of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (PENGASSAN) has called on the government for the introduction of fuel tax that will lead to the adjustment of the current fuel pump price. PENGASSAN has proposed the addition of N1.50 to the current fuel price […]

Editorial

Dealing with Oil Workers Strike

Ihesiulo Grace 29 March 2015 0

The industrial strike embarked upon by the National Union of Petroleum and Gas (NUPENG) and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) is very worrisome, coming at this time of the year. The action has not only disrupted economic activities all over the country, it is also threatening to shut down the […]