PENGASSAN enforces strike, shuts NNPC, NUPRC, NMDPRA offices

PENGASSAN enforces strike, shuts NNPC, NUPRC, NMDPRA offices

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on Monday morning shutdown entrances into the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).

NMDPRA PENGASSAN chairman, Comrade Tony Iziogba, who justified the industrial action at the authority to The Nation on phone, said it was to address Dangote Refinery anti-labour manners. According to him, the refinery laid off over 800 staff who unionized.

Similarly, the NUPRC spokesperson, Mr. Eniola Akinkuotu confirmed to The Nation that the association stopped the staff from entering the office.

“They didn’t allow us to enter today,” he said.

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Meanwhile, the shutdown of gas supply must have culminated in the supply of electricity to the 11 distribution companies.

At 9:00 am, the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) only sent 2,698MW to the 11 energy distributors.

Similarly, only 14 out of the 26 electricity Generation Companies (GenCos) were in operation at the period under review.

The 14 GenCos produced 3,092.41MW.

The Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) pump prices remained unchanged at the time of filing this report.

PENGASSAN enforces strike, shuts NNPC, NUPRC, NMDPRA offices