Tag: NUPENG
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Fresh fuel scarcity looms in Lagos today as NUPENG’s talks with LASG end in deadlock
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has said that the planned strike by Petroleum Tanker Drivers in Lagos would start on Monday as its meeting with Lagos State Government ended in deadlock. The South-West Chairman of NUPENG, Mr Tayo Aboyeji, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Lagos on Sunday.…
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Just in: NUPENG orders tanker drivers to withdraw from Lagos
Petroleum tanker drivers may withdraw their services from Lagos from Monday based on a directive from national leadership of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG). NUPENG said on Friday the directive followed failure to address three major issues causing tanker drivers pains in the state for months. Its National President Williams…
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Alleged sack of 184 contract staff by NNPC: NUPENG may shut down operations in 17 states
Disturbed by the alleged sacking of 184 members of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Gas Workers, NUPENG, by Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC,the union has vowed to shut down operations in 17 states in the north and Abuja if proper negotiations are not carried out. TNG scooped that the Kaduna zone of the union after…
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Scarcity looms as tanker drivers suspend fuel distribution
Most of the petroleum stations in Badagry communities have closed as the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers of Nigeria (NUPENG) suspended distribution of fuel to the city. Mr Tayo Aboyeji, Chairman, South-West Chapter of the union told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry that the suspension was due to harassment…
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Disregard IMF’s advice on fuel subsidy removal, NUPENG, PENGASSAN tells FG
Workers in the oil and gas sector on Sunday advised President Muhammadu Buhari to shun any counsel that would destabilise or cause chaos in the economy. The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) gave the advice in a statement in Lagos. The…
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IPMAN, NUPENG address mounting fuel scarcity, assure of sufficient product
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), and National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), have urged Nigerians to stop panicking over fuel scarcity as there is sufficient product. The duo said this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos against the backdrop of the…
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Stop panic buying of fuel, NUPENG urges Nigerians
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Saturday called on Nigerians to stop panic buying of petrol and diesel as there was enough of the products in circulation. Mr Tayo Aboyeji, the NUPENG South West Chairman, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.…
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Subsidy debt: Depot owners suspend shutdown of operations, give 5-day grace
The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA) has suspended its planned shutdown of depots across the country from loading petroleum products effective from 12-midnight on Sunday, Dec. 9. The suspension directive was conveyed in a statement issued by DAPPMA Executive Secretary, Mr Olufemi Adewole, at about 1.20 a.m. on Monday in Lagos and made…
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Fuel scarcity imminent as NUPENG backs NLC November 6 nationwide strike
Nigerians maybe in for another unsavoury experience from next week as the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) of Saturday threw its weight behind the proposed nationwide indefinite strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) scheduled to commence on Tuesday, November 6. Recall that the Federal Government on Friday obtained an order…