Mr Osifo expressed dissatisfaction at Nigeria’s 2025 budget of N47.90 trillion, saying it was too low.
PENGASSAN has called on the federal government to increase its stake in Dangote Refinery to 45 per cent from the current seven per cent.
“This situation is unacceptable and it must be addressed now,” Mr Osifo said.
PENGASSAN has called for a salary benchmark for oil and gas workers.
The chairman said the protest became necessary following the nonchalant response of the management towards resolving the issues.
PENGASSAN has urged the Buhari regime to revoke the licences of oil marketers selling above the approved pump price of petrol.
“The situation of vandals’ action on our pipelines and generality of crude oil theft has reached the point that it needs all to react,” declared Mr Kyari.
The labour leader stated that the first step in combating casualisation in the industry would be to unionise the workers.
“If the [petrol] landing cost is at N180 and you are selling at N160 or N168, who then is paying the difference?”
