NUPENG president, Williams Akporeha, said at a news conference in Lagos that over 500 union members have not been paid after working for some international oil companies. Akporeha said that apart from not paying their salaries, the companies have continuously ill-treated the workers who are also casuals. He urged the oil companies to prevail on such contractors to do the needful as it was criminal and a slap to the government. “It is few months to the expiration of the agreement and Petroleum Tanker Drivers have shown considerable tolerance and endurance in the denial of their rights,’’ he said. He said that the union was against multinational companies enslaving the workers and causing them to live in precarious conditions.

Source: Punch June 03, 2018 17:48 UTC