A
few hours ago, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC just busted
the bubbles of a lot of young Nigerians who were already looking forward to
opportunities for employment in the Corporation as a result of vacancies which
were anticipated as soon as news of the NNPC strike hit the airwaves.
Their
hopes were high because it was expected that either some members of the
organization would willingly resign as a result of their ‘grievances’ with the
unbundling process of the corporation into the seven units as announced by
President Buhari or they would be advised to resign/retire thereby
creating opportunities for some of the millions of unemployed youths which is getting on the
rise on a daily basis, that is, if not
even per second at the moment *not smiling*.
According to the Corporation as
announced via its twitter page
@NNPCgroup, it read:
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Sequel to
exhaustive deliberations between our GMD and GEC of PENGASSAN and NUPENG, the
corporate-wide strike has been suspended.
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The Group
Executive Councils of PENGASSAN and NUPENG has resolved to support the
restructuring and change process towards a
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The
news of the ‘called off’ strike was received with mixed reactions as apart from
the lot of people who expected some of the ‘corrupt’ employees to be sacked,
there are others who just want life to get back to normal as they welcome any
strategy that would stop the very extremely long queues found at every
‘selling’ fuel stations and even at the roadside or ‘black markets’ where
mostly adulterated fuel is sold.
On
the other hand, there are also those who are asking questions about the body that
would incur the loses which were recorded as a result of the strike and also
demand that Nigerians should be given apologies with promises not to embark on
such a strike anymore thereby increasing the harsh environment already
experienced by many.
While we await a statement from the
Unions, apart from the tweet from the group, it is hoped that this ‘called off’
strike is real and Nigerians would be saved from this added hardship.
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