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Nigeria: Nupeng Begins Strike


Daily Champion (Lagos)
 

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Daily Champion (Lagos)

11 July 2008
Posted to the web 11 July 2008

Lagos

MEMBERS of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Employees (NUPENG) yesterday began an indefinite strike to press their demand for improved working conditions.

National President of the union, Comrade Peter Akpatason who confirmed this said leadership of NUPENG will address the media today on its grievances.

Daily Champion recalls that the union had recently called on the federal, state and local governments to repair bad roads across the country.

It further urged the federal government to address the high cost of diesel and demanded that employers of oil tanker drivers should review their salaries upward.



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