Fuel scarcity looms as oil workers begin strike July 7

Another fuel scarcity looms as Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has instructed its members to put down their tools from July 7 and proceed on a strike action. The workers were given the directive via a memo dated July 4 and the planned action is expected to affect all oil installations, offices, sites and production facilities. The Lagos, Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna zones of the union have been ordered to begin the sensitisation of its members on the details of the impending strike. Acting general secretary, Lumumba Okugbawa, PENGASSAN, in a statement, said that all sub-sectors of the oil and gas industry in the country would be affected by the strike. The union said the planned strike is due to the Federal Government’s inability to honour agreements contained in a May 12, 2016 communiqué