The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers has called on its members to be on the alert because of what it described as an attempt by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, to proscribe the union.
In a statement signed by the president of the union, Williams Akporeha, NUPENG accused the minister of singling it out for persecution because of its role in the protest staged against him by the Nigeria Labour Congress over Ngige’s failure to inaugurate the board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund with Frank Kokori as its chairman.
Akporeha said Ngige issued a directive for NUPENG to produce its outstanding financial returns for 2018 within 72 hours when the law granted a 30-day grace. According to him, the law also stipulated that such report of financial returns was due for submission on June 31.
While claiming that the minister was looking for reasons to proscribe the union, NUPENG however warned that such action could plunge the nation into industrial crisis. Read more