THE leadership of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has said its strike, expected to commence today, would be total.

The strike was called in view of alleged insensitivity of the Federal Government to resolve some issues affecting the oil and gas sector.

This is even as the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, and the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, are expected to meet with the aggrieved leaderships of PENGASSAN and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, this morning to find solutions to the disputes.

According to Vanguard, PENGASSAN’s Public Relations Officer, Emma Ojugbana, said there was no sign to the effect that the strike, which he said would be a total shut down, would be shelved.

Ojugbana, who said he was not aware of any scheduled meeting with the government today, stated:

“The strike will hold today. I am not aware of any meeting organised by anybody with our association. Our leaders in various zones are mobilising and it will start midnight today.”