The industrial action embarked on by some members of the trade unions at the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has been called off.
The Head of Media and Corporate Communications of the agency, Mr Eniola Akinkuotu, in a statement on Tuesday, said the one-day strike was suspended after negotiations between the aggrieved workers and the management.
The decision of the organisation’s employees to refuse to work paralysed activities yesterday, but after the action was called off, work has fully resumed.
The two in-house unions involved in the talks were the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG).
In today’s statement, NUPRC admitted that the strike affected only administrative work, but did not impact regulatory activities in oil and gas facilities, urging members of the public to disregard false reports on crude oil production disruptions as well as misleading publications stating that the disagreement centred on foreign training.
The NUPRC has promised to improve the operating environment of its workforce and prioritise staff development in line with the Petroleum Industry Act.
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