Nigeria's Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (Pengassan), trade union has warned the oil ministry that it may take strike action if security in the Niger delta is not improved by
government agencies.
Pengassan highlighted a "disconcerting resurgence of kidnapping, abduction and
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| An oil rig in Nigeria |
The oil union stated this in a letter to President Goodluck Jonathan and the petroleum minister, Diezani Allison Madueke.
Insecurity has increased in the delta this year, especially with an increase in
criminal attacks on oil and gas pipelines. Kidnappings of oil workers and
contractors, though not on the scale seen between 2006 and 2009 at the height of
rebel attacks in the delta, continue.
"We earnestly implore you to intervene by providing adequate security and safety to our members and other
workers in the industry to avert an impending strike," Pengassan said in the letter, a copy of which was forwarded to the media.
Nigeria produces 2.1mn b/d of crude.
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