By Nneka Nwogwugwu
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has announced its preparation to embark on nationwide strike.
It stated this while reacting to the attack on NLC peaceful protest in Kaduna State.
NUPENG, made these known in a statement jointly signed by its National President, Williams Akporeha, and General Secretary, Afolabi Olawale.
The leadership told its members to be on red alert over the attack on NLC peaceful protest in Kaduna State.
NUPENG warned that if any harm was inflicted on any of the members of the organised labour, the leadership of the union would not hesitate to call on all its members throughout the nation for a total shut down of all services in the upstream, mid-stream and downstream sectors of the oil and gas industry.
It said, “In the light of the above, we are therefore putting all NUPENG members nationwide on red alert and may at very short notice of five hours call for a nationwide industrial action if situation arises. Our solidarity remains constant for the union makes us strong.”
The union said its national leadership was deeply saddened with the violent turn of NLC peaceful protests by the ‘dictatorial and despotic regime of Governor Nasir el-Rufai in Kaduna State’.