Sale of Nigeria Gas Company: Oil unions give FG ultimatum

ABUJA- NUPENG and PENGASSAN yesterday in Abuja gave the federal government a14-day ultimatum to suspend the proposed sale of PPMC and Nigeria Gas Company (NGC).

Recent media reports quoted Mr Chigbo Anichebe, BPE spokesperson,as saying that there were plans to sell the two subsidiaries of NNPC.

MrJohn Elibe, Group Chairman, PENGASSAN, told newsmen that in case government failed to suspend the sale, “the joint councils (NUPENG) shall be compelled to take necessary industrial action’’.

The unions also demanded the immediate reversal of the sale of Eleme Petrochemical Company.