Dangote, Pengassan Face-Off: Jobs, Investments to the risks, Warns Neca

The advice for the employers of Nigeria (Neca), warned that the action in progress by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (Pengassan) is able to derail the fragile economic recovery of Nigeria.

In a declaration issued in Lagos by its general manager, Mr. ADEWAL-SMATTO OYERinde, “conflict is an inevitable feature of the work ecosystem and Nigeria has statutory and institutional structures designed to face any disputes, including the industrial arbitration panel (IAP) and the National Court of the Industrial Court (Nigeria). Damage to the workers that the unions claim that the protection will be counterproductive.

“It is unacceptable for any union aware or force those who are not interested in its action or interrupt the operations of legitimate companies does not start for the dispute. The treatment of the institutions of the work administration with contempt and resort to the car-help is not only absurd in absurd, but also against the estimates. The economy cannot be sacrificed on the altar of actions and declarations unrelated to the practice of industrial relations. global and local.

“The unworthy and disruptive actions that could endanger the economic survival of the nation are neither foreseen nor acceptable in the practice of global work. Neca will not be a passive spectator as the foundation of the ecosystem of the work of Nigeria is trampled on. While we recognize the right of strike, these rights cannot break the rights of others or threaten the survival of the entrepreneurs.”

Oyerinde reiterated the association’s commitment against global working standards, decent work and responsible commercial conduct, while insisting that the protection offered to trade union officials in the context of international conventions does not extend to sabotage, coercion or actions that threaten legitimate companies or threaten national security.

Asking the Minister of Labor and the occupation to act decisively, the head of Neca stressed that the bankruptcy by the government to act decisively could endanger economic sustainability, the creation of jobs and the conservation, attraction and promotion of investments, as well as national development.

He invited the Minister of Labor and Employment to intervene urgently, underlining that the dispute, if left uncontrolled, could have large consequences for the creation of jobs, the promotion of investments and national development.