Fuel queues

The apprehension that Nigerians would gnash their teeth on petrol station queues this festive season has evaporated. They can now heave a sigh of relief. This is because thePetroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN), has said that it had suspended its ongoing strike.

PENGASSAN National Public Relations Officer, Fortune Obi, said in a statement in Lagos that the union suspended the strike “following intervention of the Ministers of Labour and Productivity as well as that of Petroleum Resources.”

Trouble started when the union complained about the sack of some employees of NECONDE Oil Limited.

When the push came to shove with the strike, the PENGASSAN spokesman said NECONDE has promised to recall the sacked workers and allow the union to exist in the company.

According to him, the Minister of Labour and the union “also agreed to resolve anti-union posture by other indigenous companies and marginal field operators” and that “both parties would meet in the second week of January 2018 to look at the issues.”