Oil Marketers To Call Off Strike, Promise Fuel Lifting In Six Hours

There are reports that an agreement to begin
lifting petroleum products has been reached
between Major Oil Marketers Association of
Nigeria (MOMAN) and the Federal Government.

The lifting of petrol products is expected to begin
in the next 6 hours.

According to Magnus Abe, Chairman of the
Senate committee on petroleum resources, it
was revealed that the resolution was
reached after MOMAN's meeting with the
Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,
Joseph Dawha, Group Managing Director of the
Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
and major stakeholders in the oil and gas sector.

Similarly, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and

Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the
Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff
Association (PENGASSAN) have also
suspended their industrial strike action.