NUPENG had accused SPDC of illegal deduction of N4,896,000 from workers’ salaries without their consent, meddling into the affairs of SPDC’s branch of the union, especially giving support to suspended branch chairman of the union and preventing the caretaker committee set up by the national secretariat for the branch from performing.
The union had also accused the SPDC and the embattled branch chairman of anti-union activities in SPDC recent sale of some oil blocks.
However, the management of SPDC had denied any industrial dispute with NUPENG, saying: “We are aware that there is a dispute between national NUPENG and the Shell Branch of the union, which is the subject of a court case. The current court order is for all parties to maintain the status quo and SPDC is complying with that order.”
The suspension of the two-day action followed an intervention by the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, resulting in the signing of a joint communiqué by representatives of SPDC and the national leadership of NUPENG, yesterday.
Before the intervention, offices of SPDC, including the corporate head office in Lagos were picketed by NUPENG officials
Speaking to Vanguard after early morning picketing of SPDC head office in Lagos and intervention of the NNPC, Chairman of the Western zone of NUPENG, Comrade Tokunbo Korodo, said: “We have suspended all actions. That is, the picketing of SPDC and loading of products.
This is due to the intervention of NNPC. As we speak, members of PTD have started loading products. We did not want to punish Nigerians for the sins of Shell, but wanted government or appropriate authorities to call Shell to order. Now that NNPC has waded into the issue, we have no other choice to suspend the actions until further notice.”
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