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Disturbed by the precarious security situation in some states in Nigeria, the blue-collar oil union, PENGASSAN has called for an overhaul of the country’s security architecture.The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of…

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on Sunday urged the Federal Government to recruit more people into security agencies to curb crime.PENGASSAN gave the advice in a communique in Lagos, signed…

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has accused the oil marketers in Nigeria of trying to force an increase in the pump price of petrol by hoarding the product to worsen the fuel scarcity crisis in…

In a move likely to ease the fuel scarcity problem in the country, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has suspended its one-day old nationwide strike in the country.The union had embarked on the…

The ongoing fuel scarcity in the country is set to get worse as the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) gets set to embark on strike on Monday.PENGASSAN is embarking on the strike following the…

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has given a 21-day ultimatum to some oil and gas employers over anti-labour practices.Mr Fortune Obi, PENGASSAN’s Public Relation Officer (PRO) said this in a…

The Federal Government said on Wednesday that it has no plans to concession or sell the refineries in the country.President Muhammadu Buhari said this while declaring open the 5th Triennial National Delegates’ Conference of the…

Unions in the oil and gas sector have described the passage of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) as a welcome development, saying it will increase inflow of foreign investment.The unions are the Nigeria Union of Petroleum…

Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) have begun gradual withdrawal of its members from oil and gas installations belonging to Mobil in the country.The Chairman of PENGASSAN, Lagos Zone, Mr Abel…

The Federal Government’s anti-graft war has received a fillip from a one-time spokesman for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Mr Oluwaseyi Gambo.Gambo scored the administration’s war against…

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on Wednesday picketed the General Electric over non-payment of salaries to some workers of ARCO Group – its servicing company.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…

Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) says Nigeria has lost 200 billion dollars of investments due to its inability to legislate the proposed reform in oil and gas.PENGASSAN said this in a position…

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has threatened to go on strike if the Federal Government sells national assets.In a statement in Lagos, the union’s Public Relations’ Officer, Mr Emmanuel…

Sub-contractors handling projects at the housing estate being constructed by Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) have urged the union to settle their outstanding liabilities of N177.1 million.The spokesman of…

The Federal Government has begged major oil marketers operating in the country against the retrenchment of workers in the oil and gas sector.This appeal was made by  the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, on Tuesday, July 12 during a…

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) have suspended their strike. The two groups had carried out a strike action that had lasted…

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) look likely to call of their strike following a meeting with representatives of the government.According to Thisday the meeting was held in the office of Ibe…

The ongoing strike by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria spells doom for Nigeria and its citizens should the strike be allowed to continue.The strike action which began on Thursday has crippled loading of…

The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Friday urged motorists not to engage in panic petrol buying, a day after a trade union representing oil workers began a strike that raised fears of future fuel…