Former Head Of State Gen. Yakubu Gowon Hosts NUPENG President, Comrade Akporeha
President of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Comrade Williams Eniredonana Akporeha was on Tuesday (November 13, 2018) received by His Excellency, (Rtd.) General Yakubu Gowon GCFR, former Head of State, Federal Republic of Nigeria in Abuja. Akporeha was received in company of the Union’s Deputy General Secretary in charge of Operations, […]
PTD: Road Infrastructure Development Under Fashola Commendable, By Comrade Salimon Akanni Oladiti
The socio-economic development and subsequent economic growth of any nation is strongly linked to its better state of infrastructure. Sadly, there had been massive and annoying deficiency of key infrastructure in Nigeria for decades now. Of great importance to an average petroleum tanker driver is road infrastructure. The brunt of the deficiencies in this […]
Minimum Wage: NUPENG Allays Fear, Awaits Outcome of Negotiations With Govt
Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has publicly dissociated itself from a misleading publication in some session of the media, insinuating that the oil Union would be participating in the proposed nationwide strike in demand for increase in workers’ minimum wage. The timely reaction was contained in a press release signed by […]
Photos: NUPENG President, Comrade Williams Akporeha During A Visit To NNPC GMD, Dr Maikanti Baru
National President of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) Comrade Williams Akporeha and his National Administrative Council members (NAC) during a courtesy visit to the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru and his management team at the NNPC Towers in Abuja on Thursday October 25, […]
Comrade Afolabi Commends PTD for Training Drivers, Says Initiative Yielding Positive Results
The Deputy General Secretary (DGS) of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) in charge of Operations, Comrade Afolabi Olawale on Monday (Oct. 22, 2018) advised the Petroleum Tanker Driver (PTD) to adhere strictly to safety standards. Comrade Afolabi gave the advice during a National Safety Training organised by the Lagos State […]
PTD Organizes National Safety Training for Members in Lagos
Leaders of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, branch of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, at Jibowu in Lagos on Monday, October 22, 2018 commenced a ”National Safety Training for all Tanker Drivers on Steering” to instill discipline, put a check to accidents on highways and save innocent lives. National Chairman of […]
NUPENG Hosts Editors To Dinner, Unveils Union’s 40th Anniversary Mascot
The National leadership of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has formally unveiled its 40th anniversary mascot at a diner and media chat held at Sheraton hotel in Lagos on Saturday October 13, 2018. The colourful ceremony had in attendance editors of print, broadcast, online magazines as well as senior labour and […]
”STOP PRECARIOUS WORK DAY”: PETITION TO THE HONOURABLE MINISTER ON PRECARIOUS WORK SITUATION IN NIGERIA
7th October 2018 Dr. Chris Ngige Honourable Minister of Labour and Productivity Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity Federal Secretariat Abuja – FCT A PETITION TO THE HONOURABLE MINISTER ON PRECARIOUS WORK SITUATION IN NIGERIA 7th October is marked worldwide as a day for Decent Work. Consequently, the National Council of INDUSTRIALL GLOBAL UNION FEDERATION […]
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED TO MARK WORLD DECENT DAY BY NIGERIA NATIONAL INDUSTRIALL GLOBAL UNION 9TH OCTOBER, 2018
PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED ON THE OCCASION OF THE WORLD DECENT DAY MARKED BY NIGERIA NATIONAL COUNCIL OF INDUSTRIALL GLOBAL UNION FEDERATION ON TUESDAY 9TH OCTOBER, 2018 October 7 is observed worldwide as Decent Work Day. The occasion is used by Industrial Global Union Federation to mobilize its Affiliates to take action to stop precarious work […]
NUPENG, Other IndustriALL Affiliates Demonstrate In Lagos Against Precarious Work
Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and other trade Unions under the umbrella body of IndustriALL on Tuesday gathered in Lagos to show full force of the global union movement to observe and canvass for a stop to precarious work perpetrated by various employers of labour. The Unions are pushing against this reprehensible […]
NUPENG Joins WFTU, COSATO, NEHAWU To Picket South Africa Ministry of Health Over Anti-Labour Conducts
Members of upper echelon of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Workers (NUPENG) who are presently in South Africa have identified with WFTU, COSATO, NEHAWU, others in solidarity to picket the country’s Federal Ministry of Health in Pretoria, South Africa in protest against injustice and other anti-labour activities bedeviling workers in the health sector in […]
Precarious Work Destroying Workers’ Lives in Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry
Precarious work destroying workers’ lives in Nigerian oil and gas industry Contract work and casualization of the oil and gas industry is having a dire impact on trade unions and the lives of workers in Nigeria, according to IndustriALL Global Union’s affiliates in African’s largest oil producing country. Some 25 representatives from IndustriALL affiliates, the National […]
NUPENG Holds Emergency NAC Meeting, Applauds President Akporeha for Entrenching Institutional Reforms & Progress
Members of the enlarged National Administrative Council (NAC) of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, (NUPENG) had on Saturday (Sept 29, 2018) lauded the style of leadership of the Union’s President, Comrade Williams Akporeha, saying he has made a lot of institutional reforms since he officially assumed office on April 6, 2018. NAC […]
NNPC Urges NUPENG, PENGASSAN To Halt Planned Strike
The Group Managing Director (GMD), NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru, has urged oil workers to halt their planned strike over a labour dispute involving Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) management and the staff. The unions are National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN). […]
Akinlaja Tasks Govt, Stakeholders To Resuscitate Orile-Iganmu Parking Space for Petroleum Tankers
Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources Downstream, Hon Joseph Iranola Akinlaja has admonished government at all levels as well as stakeholders in the oil and gas sector to urgently invest, resuscitate and develop the abandoned Orile parking space for petroleum tankers in order to reduce traffic gridlock in Apapa, Orile, and Mile-2 corridor […]
CHEVRON MUST HALT PLANS TO CIRCUMVENT LABOUR CONTRACT GUIDELINES
CHEVRON MUST HALT PLANS TO CIRCUMVENT LABOUR CONTRACT GUIDELINES The National Leadership of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Association (PENGASSAN) are becoming extremely worried and concerned with the ways and manners the Chevron Management is executing the end of M15 and H15 Contracts, which is […]
NUPENG President William Akporeha Hosts Augustine Adokou
Augustine Adokou, project co-ordinator for “Stop Precarious Works Project Africa” with National President of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) Comrade Williams Eniredonana Akporeha and his management team along side with Comrade Ismail Bello,DGS Textile Union/ National Secretary Industriall National Council, after a successful 3-day workshop held at the NUPENG’s secretariat in […]
NUPENG General Secretary, Comrade Adamu Song declaring a workshop open
NUPENG General Secretary, Comrade Adamu Song declaring open at the Union’s National Secretariat a workshop tagged “organizing precarious workers and Collective bargaining” facilitated by Industrial Global Union Federation, Nigeria Council.
NUPENG CALLS OFF STRIKE
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has directed all its members who had withdrawn their services in Delta State to return back to work with immediate effect. President of the Union, Comrade Williams Akporeha took the decision on Friday (Sept. 7, 2018) after the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment through […]
NUPENG gives 24 hours ultimatum for the withdrawal of armed military operatives
BREAKING: NUPENG gives 24 hours ultimatum for the withdrawal of armed military operatives who forcefully evicted oil workers from SEEPCO/BOGEL oil fields in Kwale, Delta State on grounds of unionisation, failure which could lead to nationwide industrial action.” -Comrade Williams Akporeha (NUPENG PRESIDENT)