NUPENG Sets Blueprint for Buhari on oil sector

Oil workers under the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has urged the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari to address the challenges besetting the nation’s oil and gas sector by the time he settles down for business.

President of the union, Comrade Igwe Achese, conveyed the urge in a congratulatory message to the new president said these challenges include the quick passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), the rehabilitation of the nation’s four refineries to make them work optimally, and building of new refineries in order to reduce the massive importation of petroleum products.

He said: ’’The other challenges that should be addressed are the issues of outsourcing and ‘casualization’ of workers in the industry.  We believe that if these issues are addressed, there will be job creation which is one of the cardinal points of the new administration’’.

He expressed optimism that the second coming of Buhari will put the nation’s oil and gas sector on a sound footing.