ongoing nationwide strike embarked upon by members of
the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association
of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on oil giant, TOTAL Nig. Plc.,
saying that the company reneged on an agreement with the
union.
DSS spokesperson Marilyn Ogar, while addressing the
media yesterday on the strike, urged Nigerians associated
with TOTAL's management to compel it to end the suffering
they had imposed on Nigerians by keeping the said
agreement.
Ogar further disclosed that the matter was brought to the
DSS office by PENGASSAN officials in November, following
which the Service summoned TOTAL's managing director
Elizabeth Proust, saying the oil giant's recalcitrance
triggered the industrial action.
"The issue is the ongoing strike by NUPENG and PENGASSAN
which is biting hard on all Nigerians. We want to state that in
November, 2014, PENGASSAN had written the Service to
make a formal complaint about the transfer of Elo Victor
Ogbonda to Lagos from Port Harcourt by TOTAL after she
was elected as a zonal executive of the union," said Ogar.
"Consequently, this Service summoned the managing
director of TOTAL, Elizabeth Proust, on November 5, 2014, to
resolve the dispute. It was agreed that Ogbonda would be
re-instated, posted back to Port Harcourt and granted leave
of absence for the period she would serve as an executive of
PENGASSAN."
Ogar said that PENGASSAN later informed the DSS that
TOTAL had reneged on its promise to recall Ogbonda.
"Consequently, this Service contacted TOTAL and was
informed that the company will not go back on its sack
order. All entreaties to the company failed, thus culminating
in the current strike and the attendant fuel scarcity," Ogar
said.
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