A warning strike for greater pay was started on Tuesday, August 15, by employees and service providers of the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Port Harcourt, Rivers state.
The oil workers are protesting for a pay rise as fuel price continues to increase after President Bola Tinubu led-government in May removed subsidy on fuel which has caused problems with affordability, prompting the workers to demand higher pay.
The Shell branch of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) was the platform that some of the Shell employees were demonstrating under on Tuesday, August 15.
In the video, the protesters could be heard chanting solidarity song, while wearing tags asking the company to end fuel subsidy removal pain from workers and service providers.
In another video that has surfaced online, an SPDC staff and representative of PENGASSAN was seen speaking about the situation.
“You cannot believe that some people working at Shell go home with less than the minimum wage, now it is happening in Nigeria where inflation has eaten deep into our total wage where people who work for Shell are not able to provide basic food for their families, yet Shell remains adamant in Nigeria.
“After the warning strike, if they are not able to come to the table to grant our demands, we will shut Shell operations in Nigeria.”
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