We"ve not been paid for 10 months - NNPC casual workers cry out

By Ehi Ekhator, Naija Center News

The  Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has not paid his casual workers for the past 10 months, NAIJA CENTER NEWS has gathered.

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According to a source who preferred not to be named, the workers have not been paid due to lack of fund by the corporation.

It could be recalled that the The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) on Monday decided to withdraw its men from protecting the pipeline nationwide.

Yinka Oguntimehin, the spokesman for Gani Adams faction of the congress, said the decision was necessary as the corporation had yet to start paying for the work its men are doing.

“When we were given the contract on March 15, it was agreed that they will release money for the OPC personnel for effective protection of the NNPC pipelines nationwide.

“We lost one man last month because of the activities of the vandals here in Lagos, while some of our men were arrested in the course of protecting the pipelines.

“We had told them to release some of our money before the new administration took over, but they kept promising us.

“Enough is enough, three months have passed since our members started monitoring the pipeline, and we have fulfilled our part of the agreement.

The NNPC had been struggling to pay its workers for months due to diversion of petroleum products.

Though some quarters of the news said that it was because of the turn around maintenance that has been going on within the refinery in Warri, NAIJA CENTER NEWS gathered that there is no crude oil to refine at the moment and the crude oil sent to the refinery was diverted or landed in the wrong hand.

He said “The turn around maintenance talk is in the mouth and not in the refinery.

“Our salaries are supposed to be paid by the area deport office but can’t pay as the refinery can’t raise money from a refinery that has not been getting crude oil to refine due to the diversion.

“We believe the order of the diversion was from  Federal Government. but things are taking shape quickly now for the fear of the new President, Muhammadu Buhari since they heard that he will be visiting the refinery next month”

 

 

We"ve not been paid for 10 months - NNPC casual workers cry out