By Gbenga Abulude (Politics and General Desk)
Shortage of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol looms in the country as Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has ordered its members to down tools and embark on Industrial action nationwide.
It was learnt that the Senior oil workers were ordered by the association to stop operation in a move to express their grievances over the Federal Government’s inability to meet their demands.
The directive was issued in a letter, dated November 8, 2020, and signed by the General Secretary, PENGASSAN, Mr Lumumba Okugbawa, which was also copied to the Central Working Committee members of the association.
Okugbawa said the industrial action was to kick against the failure of the government to make any concrete move as regards the differences between PENGASSAN and government on matters bordering on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).
Recall that in October, the union
embarked on a 3-day warning strike over the purported withholding of their 2 months salaries and the manner at which their members were enrolled on IPPIS, Government unified payment platform which according to the union does not suit their peculiarities.
The Branch Chairman of PENGASSAN, Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Comrade Zarakiya Ahmad Muhammad said that, though the union supported all government’s effort to achieve transparency and accountability in government, the implementation of the IPPIS should not be to the detriment of the oil workers.
