The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Friday confirmed Mr Afolabi Olufemi as its Acting General Secretary. Prince William Akporeha, NUPENG’s President, confirmed the appointment in a statement signed and made available to newsmen in Lagos. According to Akporeha, Olufemi was until now NUPENG’s Deputy General Secretary in charge of Operations. […]
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Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has told President Muhammadu Buhari, that only a total overhauling and amendment of Nigeria Contents Monitoring and Development Board, NCMDB, Act will make it achieve the aim and purposes of the act. Speaking during a courtesy visit by the National Executive Council, NEC, members of NUPENG […]
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Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has told President Muhammadu Buhari, that only a total overhauling and amendment of Nigeria Contents Monitoring and Development Board, NCMDB, Act will make it achieve its aims. The union also decried the continued importation of petroleum products into the country, pipeline vandalism, crude and products theft […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari, weekend, met behind closed doors with Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum, Downstream, Kabir Marafa, on measure taken to avert fuel scarcity during the festive season, following the threat by Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG. The meeting took place at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Briefing State House correspondents after […]
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Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG and its Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Association, PENGASSAN, have threatened to shut down the nation’s Petroleum industry of alleged plans to sack thousands of workers from its operations nationwide. Leaders of NUPENG and PENGASSAN have already directed their members nationwide to prepare to withdraw their […]
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Friday said there would be no scarcity of petroleum products in the country or supply disruptions in parts of the country following a potential crisis brewing from a reported misunderstanding between National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and security agencies. NNPC in a statement from […]
Read More The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has given the military 24 hours ultimatum to vacate the premises of an oil and gas firm to avert a nationwide strike. At a media briefing in Lagos on Thursday, NUPENG President, Mr Williams Akporeha, called on the Chief of Army Staff to withdraw soldiers […]
Read More Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that local refineries work so as to ease the pressure of fuel trucks in Lagos and other cities in the country. Its Lagos Zonal Chairman, Comrade Tayo Aboyeji, who spoke against the backdrop of the fuel tanker crash in […]
Read More Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has given insight into why the union reported the International Oil Companies, IOCs operating in Nigeria on International Labour Organisation, ILO, at the just concluded International Labour Conference, ILC, in Geneva, Switzerland It will be recalled that NUPENG, through the Industrial Global Union, reported the multi-national […]
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The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers have expressed worry over the powers conferred on the proposed Nigeria Petroleum Regulatory Commission under the Petroleum Industry Bill. The oil unions, in a joint statement on three of the bills constituting the PIB, said […]
Read More The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers says it is worried about the delay in the passage of the remaining parts of the Petroleum Industry Bill and has called on the National Assembly to see to its passage without further delay. The National President, NUPENG, Williams Akporeha, said on Friday that the delay […]
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it is ever ready to support the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) in whatever way to enhance the distribution of petroleum products across the country. NNPC Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru, made this commitment at the 4th […]
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