Minister of Labour and Employment Senator Chris Ngige has emphasised that the Federal Government will not accept any job loss in the oil and gas sector.
He assured unions in the sector that the government would forestall any threat to industrial harmony. Ngige spoke at a meeting with members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUNPENG), Petroleum & National Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and contractors in oil and gas in his office. He said if new jobs could not be created in the sector or other sectors, efforts must be made to keep the present jobs. He said: “We all know that the backbone of the Nigerian economy for now is still the oil and gas. As the Minister of Labour and Employment, I am committed to forestalling any issue that could bring industrial unrest in the sector or threaten job security in the country. I wish to put on record that the Buhari administration has zero-tolerance for any form of job loss. If the oil and gas sector or any other sector for that matter cannot create new jobs, they must go the extra-mile to retain the existing ones.”
 

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