By Moses Patience Chat
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG)has accused international and indigenous oil companies in Nigeria of manipulating the Nigerian content law.
The union made the accusation in a communiqué issued at the end of its National Executive Council meeting in Lagos.
The oil workers Union said the oil companies have exploited and turned the Nigerian local content law into an ambit of slavery and precarious employment rather than a source of fulfilling employment and empowerment for teeming qualified young Nigerians in the country.
President of the union, Comrade Williams Akporeha, and the General Secretary of the Union, Comrade Afolabi Olawale, who signed the communique, said that Nigeria has enough human capacity to develop and enhance its technological capabilities.
They further urged the next administration to declare a state of emergency in the nation’s oil and gas sector.