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Friday, March 25, 2016
NUPENG and PENGASSEN, Nigeria’s two oil industry unions, are pushing for the government to come to their defense if oil majors begin laying them off. According to Oil Minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, the unions want the government to prevent firms from laying off staff as crude prices cut into their respective budgets.
“They (unions) are worried about job loss in the sector arising from the position of majors who feel that the economy is giving the rough end of the stick,” said Kachikwu, who attended a meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the unions.
“And so we are going to be working with the oil majors to ensure that we do not experience the kind of job loss that we are hearing has the potential to occur in the sector,” he told reporters.
The request by the unions follows strikes by NUPENG and PENGASSEN over the government’s plans to split NNPC into various separate units. The strikes ended when the government said they would listen to their demands.
The unions also opposed job cuts at refineries, which the government is considering selling, Kachikwu said.
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