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PENGASSAN demands immediate withdrawal of Tinubu’s Executive Order
Laments weakness of institutions to challenge hurtful Presidential orders Says Executive Order nullifies provisions of PIA Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigeria’s top petroleum industry workers union, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), has called on President Bola…
Death anniversary: NUPRC honors UM Okoro with commitment to staff welfare
Sopuruci Onwuka The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has reaffirmed its commitment to staff welfare and human capital development in honor of the late Comrade Uche Marcus Okoro, as the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria…
Dangote’s crisis with PENGASSAN deepens as NUPRC urges rapid resolution
Sopuruchi Onwuka The lingering confrontation between Dangote Refinery and senior oil industry union, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) may lead to industrial action, even though the company has indicated that it is prepared to run…
NCDMB indicts SEEPCO Limited on multiple regulation breaches
Sopuruchi Onwuka There appears to be no respite for the embattled Sterling Oil Exploration and Energy Production Company (SEEPCO) Limited in its war with the organized labour movement as the government’s regulator, The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB),…
Ngige of derailed expatriate quota regulations __PENGASSAN
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has accused former Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige, of conniving with foreign companies in the country to derail implementation of laws that were conceived to secure…
NCD violation: NCDMB’s been in running battle with Sterling Oil __Source
Sopuruchi Onwuka Allegations against Sterling Oil Exploration & Energy Production Company (SEEPCO) Limited on violating numerous labour laws, operating regulations and the Nigerian Content Act in the petroleum industry continue to mass up with revelations that the independent producer retains…
PENGASSAN threatens industrial action over showdown with SEEPCO Limited
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has demanded the federal government to immediately impose stringent sanctions on Sterling Oil Exploration & Energy Production Company (SEEPCO) Limited for violating numerous labour laws, operating regulations…
NNPC settles Total’s labour crisis, restores 275,000 b/d output
Following a peace deal brokered on Sunday by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, between the Management of Total Energies, operator of the NNPC/Total JV, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association, (PENGASSAN) and the Nigeria Union of…
Divestment deals will restore oil industry vibrancy __NCDMB
Sopuruchi Onwuka Contrary to fears of job losses and industry activity downsize, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has assured that the prevailing transfer of brownfield oil and gas assets from international oil companies to indigenous independent companies will…
Fuel subsidy: The saga, the façade and the facts
Sopuruchi Onwuka As Nigeria enters political campaign mode in preparation for the 2023 general elections, government’s domestic petrol subsidy has also traditionally surged to new heights despite the highly glorified Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) which ought to have activated deregulation…
