The
ultimatum was contained in a statement issued in Lagos by the Public Relations
Officer of the Association, Fortune Obi.
He said
that PENGASSAN would shut down activities of the companies nationwide if they
failed to resolve the industrial issues with the workers.
He said
that the companies include, Fugro, Sterling Global, Indorama Petrochemical
Company, Baker Hughes, General Electric, Universal Energy and Frontier Energy
among others.
Obi
said that the decision to go on strike after the 21-day ultimatum, was reached
after a meeting with the Central Working Committee of the union. He,
however, called on the relevant stakeholders to endeavour to address
contentious issues affecting its members within the stipulated days to avert
the strike.
He said that the Association had also called on
the leadership of the National Assembly to reconsider the amendment of Nigeria
Liquefied Natural Gas NLNG, Act which would portend danger in government’ if
pushed to woo investors into the country.
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