Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has guaranteed the organised labour that it will implement the agreement reached between the labour leaders and Federal Government.
This was disclosed by Mele Kyari, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) via his official Twitter Handle.
Kyari made this assertion in reaction to the suspension of the planned protest and strike by organised labour over hike in electricity tariff and fuel pump price.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NUC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) had threatened to embark on industrial action over the Federal Government’s refusal to reverse the hike in electricity tariff and fuel pump price on Monday.
However, the organised labour suspended its planned nationwide industrial action for two weeks after a meeting with the Federal Government.
With the Federal Government insisting that deregulation of the petroleum industry must occur, part of the agreement reached with organised labour include that the NNPC would expedite the rehabilitation of the nation’s four refineries located in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna.
The rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery by should reach 50 per cent completion for Port Harcourt by December 2021, while timelines and delivery for Warri and Kaduna will be established by the inclusive Steering Committee, the agreement added.
Kyari stated that the NNPC will diligently follow through the agreement with the FG and NNPC reached with the members of the labour union.
“We reached an accord to suspend the planned strike action, great responsibility for both government and Labour, all serving the common good, beneficial challenge for NNPC, we will follow through diligently.
“Being a former Union leader, I understand the difficulties of Labour leadership when faced with choices between stark realities and legitimate follower expectations. The leadership chose the pursuit of common good and posterity will vindicate us all for standing with our country.
“NLC and TUC demonstrated absolute faith in our country and showed understanding on the inevitability of PMS deregulation and jointly charted a way forward to secure local refining sufficiency through greater stakeholder inclusiveness and transparency. We will follow through diligently,” Kyari tweeted.
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