NUPENG Tasks NASS On PIB

The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), has called on the  9th National Assembly (NASS)  to give priority attention to the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) so as to properly regulate and liberalise the Nigeria oil and gas industry.
The call was part of a communique issued after a training programme organised by the union in Port Harcourt, recently.
According to the union, when the PIB is passed into law and fully implemented ,it would open the oil and gas subsector for investors and increase job creation.
The communique which was signed by the unions chairman, Port Harcourt branch, zonal council of NUPENG, Comrade  Mina Samuel, restated the commitment of the union towards addressing issues of casualisation  and unionisation among its members.
The communique which read in part declared that; “We condemn the issues of short term contract that is affecting unionisation and the rights of workers to freely organise and bargain collectively at variance with international labour organization and other labour legislations in Nigeria. “Contracts should be regulated among the IOCS for at least five years plus one year extension to allow proper planning and engagement on matters affecting work era condition of service.”
The union also emphasised the need for the use of dialogue as tool of engagement in industrial disputes, and called on all relevant stakeholders in the oil and gas sector to ensure that, “the core jobs of contracting and the principal companies are not outsourced.

Taneh Beemene