NUPENG suspends Strike scheduled to start Today ( Thursday).
The Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers on Wednesday said it had suspended the nationwide strike that the union members was planning to start today, Thursday, 25th. The Union's President, Mr. Achese Igwe, who made the announcement said the ongoing s trike in Abuja would however continue. The latest development came on the heels of an intervention by the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) in the ongoing face-off between NUPENG and the FG over the non-payment of subsidy claims to oil marketers. NUPENG had on Monday threatened to embark on a nationwide strike on Thursday if the government did not to pay subsidy claims to marketers. The union on Thursday last week started an industrial action in the Federal Capital Territory. The strike has led to fuel scarcity in the FCT. The Chairman of the senate committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Senator Magnus Abe, told newsmen on Wednesday that the committee had met with NUPENG and the Ministry of Finance on the ma...