Oil workers in Nigeria have called off a strike action they embarked on after the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu announced that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) would be split into independent units.
The workers are said to have called off the strike after meeting with Kachikwu, who is also the Group Managing Director of the NNPC.
Sequel to exhaustive deliberations between our GMD and GEC of PENGASSAN and NUPENG, the corporate-wide strike has been suspended. #NewNNPC
— NNPC Group (@NNPCgroup) March 10, 2016
The Group Executive Councils of PENGASSAN and NUPENG has resolved to support the restructuring and change process towards a #NewNNPC.
— NNPC Group (@NNPCgroup) March 10, 2016