The three-day warning strike by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) which started yesterday, is taking a toll on the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), paralysing its operations.?
Daily operations at the NLNG locations in Bonny and Port Harcourt have been disrupted while only skeletal services were being provided by administrative staffers, following the three-day warning strike that ends next Monday.
The Port Harcourt zone of NUPENG, comprising 10 states of Rivers, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Imo, Cross River, Enugu, Anambra, Benue, Abia and Ebonyi, had called out its members on a warning strike, after an emergency council meeting in the Rivers state capital last Thursday.
The strike was sequel to the expiration of the 14-day ultimatum issued by NUPENG to the management of some foreign contracting firms to the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG).? The 14-day ultimatum expired on February 28, 2012.