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NLC pickets Corporate Affairs Commission over alleged unfriendly policies
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By Joseph Erunke
ABUJA-THE Nigeria Labour Congress,Wednesday morning, led many workers across government agencies to picket the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC,over alleged unfriendly policies against workers of the commission.
The action was carried out at the headquarters of the commission,located at the Maitama highbrow area of Abuja,the nation’s federal capital city.
The NLC accuses the CAC leadership of clamping down on members of the union,who are opposed to CAC’s anti-workers’ policies.
The Trade Union Congress and the NLC, however, are divided on the issuue, a development that resulted in a clash between the rival unions members during the picketing.
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Oil Producing Trade Section (OPTS), comprising 30 indigenous and international members operating about 90% of the total oil and gas production in Nigeria yesterday saihd the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB would stifle their businesses and the growth of the Petroleum sector.
The Chairman of OPTS, Mike Sangster who spoke on behalf of the group at the beginning of the two day public hearing on the PIB organized by the ad-hoc Commitee of the House of Representatives said that some aspects of the bill were inimical to future investments.
Titled “A Bill for an act to provide legal, governance, regulatory and fiscal framework for the Nigerian petroleum industry, the development of host community and for related matters”, the proposed piece of legislation is chiefly seeking to scrap the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF) and Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) and replace them with a new agency to be called Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Regulatory Author