Strike Threat: We'll Not Succumb to Your Blackmail Neconde Warns PENGASSAN
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and counsel to Neconde Energy Limited, Mr. Uchechukwu Val Obi has warned the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), that it will not succumb to blackmail and antics. This followed the seven-day ultimatum given by the oil workers to the federal government to direct Neconde to recall its sacked staff or risk industrial action. The learned counsel argued that PENGASAN’s ultimatum to the federal government was made in bad faith and with a view to overreaching the pending proceedings at the National Industrial Court. He recalled that in the Suit Number NICN/LA/268/2017 between Neconde Energy Limited & Anor. Vs. PENGASSAN & Ors, the presiding judge, Hon. Justice O. A. Obaseki-Osaghae had on June 5, 2017 made an order “that none of the Parties should take any action that will lead to break down in law and order pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice.” In a letter da...