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PENGASSAN

Type: Organization

Name: PENGASSAN (Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria)

Nationality: Nigeria

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for PENGASSAN

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

Kaigama: I was Victimised for My Refusal to Compromise Workers’ Interest

Bobboi Bala Kaigama is the President of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) and an aspirant for Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) president general. In an encounter with Linda Eroke in Geneva, Switzerland, he explains his victimisation ... [Published This Day Online - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Workers, Peter Esele, Trade Union, PENGASSAN

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

TUC Aspirant to Partner FG On Employment

Lagos President-General aspirant of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) Comrade Babatunde Ogun has promised to collaborate with the Federal Government to reduce unemployment if elected as the next leader of the union.Ogun, who is the current President ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Lagos (Nigeria), Babatunde Ogun, PENGASSAN, Trade Union

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

TUC president: Two contestants step down

Posted by: in Labour 59 mins ago 0There is a new twist in the race to the office of the President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) soon to be vacated by Mr Peter Esele as some of the major contestants have stepped down.Three senior staff union presidents ... [Published The Nation Nigeria - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: PENGASSAN, Babatunde Ogun, Peter Esele, Nigeria

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation

Granting autonomy to refineries will engender profitability, says PENGASSAN chief

Babatunde Ogun is the National President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), an umbrella body of senior workers in the oil and gas sector of the economy. In this interview with DELE FANIMO, he spoke on the ... [Published The Guardian Nigeria - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: PENGASSAN, Refinery, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

PENGASSAN

Nigeria: Esele - Sometimes, I Wished I Was Not a Labour Leader

Outgoing President General of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Mr. Peter Esele, shares his experience in the last six years with Damilola Oyedele and Sunday Aghaeze. Excerpts:As outgoing President of the TUC, what has been your experience leading the movement ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Peter Esele, PENGASSAN, Nigeria

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 2 reports

PIB - Oil Workers Want PEF Merged With DPRA

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has proposed that the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF) should be merged with the Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Agency (DPRA) after the passage of Petroleum Industry Bill ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: PENGASSAN, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Petroleum, Workers

First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 1 reports

AGIP

NUPENG issues 14-day ultimatum over disputes with oil coys

Unless the Federal Government intervenes to resolve raging disputes between oil workers and oil companies in the country, the nation may, once again, witness long queues in filling stations, as oil workers threaten to shut down the sector.It was gathered ... [Published Daily Sun - Jun 07 2013]

Entities: AGIP, Workers, PENGASSAN

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 1 reports

Nigeria: Workplaces in Nigeria Unsafe, Laments Labour

RECENTLY, IndustriAll Global Union affiliates in Nigeria gathered at the National Secretariat of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, Lagos, at a one day workshop to mark the World Day for Safety and Health.At ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Nigeria, PENGASSAN, Workers, International Labour Organization

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

PIB - Workers Want Merger of PEF With Downstream Regulator

PETROLEUM and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has said the Petroleum Equalisation Fund, PEF, should be merged with the regulatory agency post-Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB.The association condemned the provision in the PIB, ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: PENGASSAN, Petroleum, Workers, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 2 reports

Democracy at 14 - Mixed Fortunes for Energy Sector

It has been mixed fortunes for the Nigerian energy sector since the current democratic dispensation began May 29, 1999. Since the return to democracy, the sector has recorded significant improvement in key parameters such as in reserves and production ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: Crude Oil, Democracy, PENGASSAN, Nigeria

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

We Did Not Receive N100m Bribe —Rivers Labour Leaders

After the two-day warning strike called by the Rivers State branch of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, in protest against the police occupation of Obio-Akpor Local Government Council, making it impossible for workers ... [Published PM News Nigeria - May 31 2013]

Entities: Port Harcourt, Peoples Democratic Party of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, Bribery

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Anti union practices at Petrobras Nigeria

Petrobras has improperly used the redundancy clause of the collective bargaining agreement with Pengassan to terminate all ten workers in its exploration division and is refusing to engage the union to resolve the matter.Nigerian affiliate, Petroleum ... [Published Industriall Union - May 22 2013]

Entities: PETROBRAS Petróleo Brasileiro SA, PENGASSAN, Nigeria

Quotes

According to him, "We in the Harmony Group in conjunction with other like minds who are experienced and have been involved in trade union activities in this country and with global bearing can consolidate on our various achievements and exploits."

TUC Aspirant to Partner FG On Employment [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 17 2013]

"We have presented this our position on the status of the PEF to the NNPC in one of our meetings with NNPC, where the Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production, Mr. Abiye Membrane agreed with us that provision should be made in the PIB to move staff of PEF to the Downstream Regulatory Agency post-PIB instead of leaving their fate hanging while the PEF dies a natural death."

PIB - Oil Workers Want PEF Merged With DPRA [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 10 2013]

...and Chairperson Industrial Global Union, Africa Region, Comrade Issa Aremu, noted International Labour Organisation, ILO, statistics indicated that "one worker dies every 15 seconds worldwide, 6000 workers die every day and more than two million workers die annually as a result of work related accidents and diseases."

Nigeria: Workplaces in Nigeria Unsafe, Laments Labour [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 06 2013]

Comrade Ogun noted that the omission of PEF in the staff transfer in the PIB may be intentional, saying, "In the interest of industrial peace and harmony in the oil and gas industry, workers in the current PEF should be captured under staff transfer in the bill."

PIB - Workers Want Merger of PEF With Downstream Regulator [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 04 2013]

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Kaigama: I was Victimised for My Refusal to Com... [Published This Day Online - 19 hours ago]
TUC Aspirant to Partner FG On Employment [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 17 2013]
TUC president: Two contestants step down [Published The Nation Nigeria - Jun 17 2013]
Granting autonomy to refineries will engender p... [Published The Guardian Nigeria - Jun 12 2013]
June 12… Heroes, heroine of the people’s struggle [Published The Nation Nigeria - Jun 12 2013]
Nigeria: Esele - Sometimes, I Wished I Was Not ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 11 2013]
PIB - Oil Workers Want PEF Merged With DPRA [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 10 2013]
PIB: Oil Workers Want PEF Merged with DPRA [Published This Day Online - Jun 10 2013]
NUPENG issues 14-day ultimatum over disputes wi... [Published Daily Sun - Jun 07 2013]
NUPENG Gives Shell, Others 14-day Ultimatum [Published This Day Online - Jun 07 2013]
Nigeria: Workplaces in Nigeria Unsafe, Laments ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 06 2013]
PIB - Workers Want Merger of PEF With Downstrea... [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 04 2013]
Democracy at 14 - Mixed Fortunes for Energy Sector [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 04 2013]
DEMOCRACY @14: Mixed fortunes for energy sector [Published Vanguard - Jun 04 2013]
We Did Not Receive N100m Bribe —Rivers Labour L... [Published PM News Nigeria - May 31 2013]
Nigeria: An Unintended Casualty of the U.S. Sha... [Published Motley Fool - May 26 2013]
PTDF to check ratio of foreign experts dominati... [Published Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria - May 23 2013]
Anti union practices at Petrobras Nigeria [Published Industriall Union - May 22 2013]
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa [Published World Socialist Web Site - Feb 01 2013]
Nigeria: Jonathan to Declare NPF, Vanguard’s Se... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Jan 08 2013]
Nigeria: Jonathan to Declare NPF, Vanguard's Se... [Published Neptune Maritime Security - Jan 08 2013]
Fact Sheet for PENGASSAN [Published Able2Act - Jun 25 2008]

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Nigeria: Jonathan to Declare NPF, Vanguard’s Se... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Jan 08 2013] BY KINGSLEY OMONOBI Abuja — As the first national security summit to be convened by the Nigeria Police Force in conjunction with Vanguard Newspapers kicks off today, Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police from the 12 zones in the country and ...
Nigeria: Jonathan to Declare NPF, Vanguard's Se... [Published Neptune Maritime Security - Jan 08 2013] BY KINGSLEY OMONOBI Abuja — As the first national security summit to be convened by the Nigeria Police Force in conjunction with Vanguard Newspapers kicks off today, Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police from the 12 zones in the country and ...