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The national leadership of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has expressed deep worry over what it described as “the violent turn of NLC peaceful protests by the dictatorial and despotic regime of Governor Nasir El-Rufai in Kaduna State,” warning that it will not hesitate to call out it members for “a total shut down of all our services in the upstream, mid-stream and downstream sectors of the oil and gas industry.”
In a press statement signed by Comrade Williams Akporeha, national president and Comrade Afolabi Olawale, general secretary, the union called on the Federal Government “to immediately call Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, to order before his arrogance and power drunk ego further pushes the situation into horrendous calamity as he has been doing on all issues relating to human lives and wellbeing.”
Consequently, the union warned that no Labour leader or worker should be “harmed, harassed, maimed, humiliated or victimized during this 5-day peaceful protest in the state.
“Our union is raising this alarm following the very reliable report of the clandestine move of Governor Nasir El-RUfai to hurt and put the lives of NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, and other Labour leaders to danger in his usual blind egotistical style of running government in the state
“NUPENG therefore warns that if any harm is inflicted on any of the members of organized Labour, the leadership of the union will not hesitate to call on all our members throughout the nation for a total shut down of all our services in the upstream, mid-stream and downstream sectors of the oil and gas industry.
“In the light of the above, we are therefore putting all NUPENG members nationwide on red alert and may at very short notice of five hours call for a nationwide industrial action if situation arises
“Our solidarity remains constant for the Union makes us strong,” they said.