THE two-day strike embarked upon by the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) was called off on Wednesday, after series of meetings between government and the stakeholders in the petroleum industry.

The meeting, which was held in Abuja, had the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC); the Managing Director of Shell Nigeria; the President and other members of NUPENG in attendance.

Speaking with the Nigerian Tribune by telephone, the secretary of the Lagos zone of NUPENG, Tokunbo Korodo, said “NUPENG agreed to suspend the strike because the parties involved have agreed to negotiate with the union on their terms and make peace where necessary.”

According to Korodo, “the union actually wanted the Federal Government to be aware of the situation and ensure it did everything in its capacity to see that Nigerians are not maltreated by anyone in their country and that all foreign companies, irrespective of their status, should comply with the laws guiding their conduct for as long as they are on the shores of this county.”

Meanwhile, loading of petroleum products have commenced in all the depots across the country.

In Apata, Ibadan depot of the NNPC several marketers, transporters and other vendors were busy selling their wares.

Speaking with the Nigerian Tribune, some of the marketers said “the strike affected us so much, because we are just getting over the national strike which took about eight days, but now that the strike has been suspended, we are quite relieved.”

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