Mass Sack: NUPENG, PENGASSAN Shut Down Chevron Nigeria Operations

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The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), have directed their members in Chevron Nigeria Limited to down tools and begin a total shut down of the company’s operations.

The directive follows plans by the oil multinational to sack additional 600 staff after it had secretly shut its doors against 2,000 indigenous Nigerian workers, The New Diplomat earlier reported.

The unions announced the directive on Sunday in a statement signed by NUPENG’s President, Mr Williams Akporeha, and the President of PENGASSAN, Mr Festus Osifo and made available to journalists.NUPENG PENGASSAN

They said, “We have directed our members in Chevron to withdraw their services

“We also call on the Federal Government to call Chevron Management to order, otherwise we can no longer guarantee industrial peace in the oil and gas sector.

“Here is our fatherland and we have a labour law that regulates the activities of organisations in Nigeria; this law cannot be breached; We must follow the process.”

The union leaders alleged that Chevron management on Independence Day, issued a notice to about 2,000 of its employees that their services were no longer required.

Both leaders also alleged that the Chevron management had asked those employees who were still interested in working with them to apply afresh.

“This development runs contrary to Nigeria’s laws regulating the Oil and Gas industry as it does not protect our national interest.

“This is an imperialist agenda that must not be allowed to stay; most especially as we have just finished celebrating our 60th independence as a sovereign country,” the duo said.

Earlier in a statement, Chevron’s General Manager Policy, Government and Public Affairs, Mr Esimaje Brikinn, had said the welfare and safety of its workforce was one of its highest priorities.

Brikinn said: “Making changes to the organisation is never easy for anyone that will be impacted, but it is to improve our ability to remain competitive in Nigeria.

“Reducing the cost and improving the efficiency of our operations are critical to generating more revenues for the Federal Government of Nigeria.”

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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