National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Jetties
and Petroleum Tank Farm Owners Association (JEPTFON) on Friday suspended it
two-day old strike. The position was made known in a communiqué jointly signed
by NUPENG, JEPTFON, the Group Managing Director of NNPC, the Executive
Secretary, Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), the Minister of
State for Finance and the Minister of Labor. The NUPENG President Igwe Achese
and JEPTFON’s Enoch Kanawa, signed for the unions, while Chief Emeka Wogu, Dr
Yerima Ngama, Mr Andrew Yakubu and Mr Reginald Stanley, signed for government.
The communiqué stated the Ministry of Finance had commenced the payment of
the Petroleum Subsidy for 2012. It also assured the unions that the issuance of
Sovereign Debt Notes for verified and processed batches would be concluded
within two weeks. The Federal Government assured NUPENG that steps would be
taken on the issue of access roads leading to the refineries in Port Harcourt
and Warri.
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