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Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria has
threatened to shut down crude oil production on Friday if the Federal
Government fails to yield to the demand of Nigerians for the reversal of
the removal of subsidy on petrol.
The association made the threat on Wednesday in a statement signed by its National President, Mr. Babatunde Ogun.
Although the association did not say the exact time
it would shut down production, its Lagos branch Chairman, Rev.
Folorunsho Ogini, said in a telephone interview with one of our
correspondents that if the government failed to address the grievances
of the people, the body would shut down crude production nationwide from
Friday.
“Now that the Federal Government has decided to be
callous minded, we hereby direct all production platforms to be on red
alert in preparation for total production shutdown,” Ogun said in the
statement.
According to him, PENGASSAN is fully in support of
the mass action called by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union
Congress of Nigeria, saying, “We hereby thank all Nigerians for their
resolve on this peaceful mass protest.”
He said as an affiliate of TUC, PENGASSAN offices
across the nation also observed the industrial action, which commenced
on Monday.
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