Stop Now, Or We’ll Stop You!
Sustained, deliberate and indiscriminate redundancies, sack, casualization, and ill-treatment, against some of its members are some of the reasons the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has threatened nationwide strike if these anti-labour practices by some employers in the oil and gas industry were not addressed within 21 days. Read more here: http://uncova.com/nigeria-oil-workers-threaten-strike-over-anti-labour-practices and here: http://www.nigeriatoday.ng/2017/07/nlng-act-repeal-pengassan-issues-21-day-ultimatum-to-oil-firms/
Strength in Numbers
The Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region are embarking on an unprecedented programme to develop renewable energy, with more than 67GW of clean energy projects, making them one of the world’s largest renewable energy markets. Read more here: https://www.meed.com/sectors/power/region-emerging-as-one-of-the-worlds-largest-renewable-energy-markets/5019448.article
Be Ready To Pay The Price
The Department of Energy of South Africa has said there will be an hike in fuel price by 19 cents a litre from Wednesday, August 2017 due to slight decline in the rand against the US Dollar Exchange rate and increase in prices of petroleum products in the international markets. Read more here: http://www.4-traders.com/news/South-Africa-Government-Energy-on-fuel-price-adjustment-for-August-2017--24851701/ and here: http://allafrica.com/stories/201707310189.html
Pay Your Debt!
TOL Gases Limited board chairman Harold Temu claimed there were many authorities his gas distributing company had to report to and pay tax to, thereby causing them to pay a lot of money, after his company was directed by Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa to pay Sh686 billion, which is tax it owes Rungwe and Busokelo district councils. Read more here: http://allafrica.com/stories/201707310246.html
11 Billion Dollars Falls on Dangote
Dangote 11 billion dollars refinery has been adopted by the Federal Government of Nigeria under its new National Petroleum Policy. Read more here: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/07/fg-adopts-11bn-dangote-refinery-new-petroleum-policy/