9th March, 2016
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) managing director, Ibe Kachikwu says he will meet with trade union leaders to end a strike over the restructuring of the state oil company, Reuters reports.
Kachikwu says he doesn’t want the industry to shut down and ” will resolve the issues very soon”.
Kachikwu who doubles as Nigeria’s junior Petroleum Minister announced the unbundling of the NNPC on Tuesday as well as the appointment of heads of the new units.
About 7,000 refinery workers, petroleum tanker drivers and maintenance staff went on strike this morning to oppose the splitting of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) into seven different firms.
“These changes have created real apprehension among our members,” an official of the Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria said, Reuters reports.
The government says the changes will ensure efficiency and bring the loss-making NNPC back to profit.