Foreign Training: NUPRC Staff Embark on Nationwide Strike

• Regulator says talks ongoing, oil and gas facilities unimpacted

Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja

Employees of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), yesterday embarked on an indefinite nationwide strike.

The aggrieved workers also shut down all commission offices across the country, mainly over a dispute with the management of the commission concerning foreign training.

THISDAY learnt that the industrial action, which commenced on Monday, led to a total shutdown of regulatory activities at NUPRC headquarters in Abuja and all field offices nationwide, effectively grounding administrative and operational functions of the upstream petroleum regulator.