Private security guards attached to the National Petroleum Cooperation, who protect oil pipelines from Lokoja to Kaduna State, on Thursday staged a peaceful protest against the non-payment of 22 months’ salary arrears. “Other security guards doing the same work at Warri, Port Harcourt and Katsina, have been paid, but we at Lokoja-Kaduna axis have not been paid. “When we were working directly under the NNPC, our salaries were constant and we worked under good condition. “All we want is our salaries paid; as well as going back to work directly under the NNPC and not MRS Limited,” Kaja said. Mohammed said MRS Limited was responsible for the security guards and was in a better position to respond or address the media.

Source: Punch January 03, 2019 15:00 UTC