OIL WORKERS NEEDLESSLY TORTURING THE MASSES, SAYS JONATHAN

The ongoing industrial action of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASAN) and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) is a needless exercise that has more adversely affected the low-income earners than the rich, President Goodluck Jonathan has said.


Speaking in Abuja Thursday at the official flag-off of the Federal Government’s nationwide mass housing programme for workers in Apo, Jonathan said that it was unfortunate that leaders of the two unions decided unilaterally to call out their members on strike without recourse to dialogue with government.

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