TANKER DRIVERS SUSPEND STRIKE, AS FED GOVT INCREASES BRIDGING COST ALLOWANCE

The Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, yesterday, evening suspended their nationwide indefinite strike, following Federal Government’s approval of bridging cost allowance from N6.20 to N7.20. National Chairman of PTD, Mr. Salimon Oladiti, who confirmed the suspension of strike, after a meeting with representatives of the Federal Government at the […]

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PENGASSAN STRIKE: FUEL LOADING DROPS IN LAGOS, QUEUES BACK IN ABUJA AS NNPC CAUTIONS AGAINST PANIC BUYING

The ongoing strike by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on Friday reduced loading activities at depots in Apapa, Lagos, raising the prospects of another round of supply challenges especially outside the South-West. Loading at Apapa depots, where many marketers load petroleum products to other states, was hampered by the non-availability of oil workers to […]

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