Ibe Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum resources, has assured oil workers that all the issues they have raised would be addressed to ensure sanity in the industry.
Kachikwu said this while fielding questions from reporters on Friday in Abuja.
The unions are Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG).
“We have listened to all their items of concerns and we will address them; we notice that anytime there is strike, it sets us back for two weeks,” he said
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“We have scheduled for a meeting on July 11, so we will tackle some of these issues”.
According to him, some of the issues border on security of work for their members and the fate of the some of the members that were laid off.
He said the meeting would handle all issues, and expressed hope that it would end well in the interest of the nation.
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PENGASSAN had threatened to embark on a nationwide strike on Thursday over various workers’ welfare issues, including alleged mass sacking of its members by some oil and gas companies.
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