Stop picketing MPNU locations, FG orders

The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment has urged the leadership of Petroleum and Natural Gas Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), represented by Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPNU), over picketing MPNU locations by former security personnel.

In a statement received by BusinessDay, the ministry asked the personnel to desist from all acts of picketing, harassment, blockade of company facilities, playing of loud music, defacing of company facilities or intimation of personnel and all acts connected to the above be discontinued immediately.

Excerpts of the statement is below:
“The PENGASSAN and the leadership of the security personal should confirm within 48 hours of this meeting (by Wednesday, August 29, 2018) that this directive has been fully complied with, before further implementation of other terms of this agreement. That the separation of the security personnel be upheld and full, final settlement of the dispute between MPN and the separated security personnel and for the purpose of industrial harmony, the separation benefits communicated under MPN’s 13 July, 2018 letter to the 508 security personnel active as of the date of the letter shall be enhanced as follows:
Payment of the equivalent of one month’s salary (before any adjustments), for the period of separation and negotiations up to the end of August 2018 to be paid alongside the separation benefits. That monthly salaries of the separated security in the July 13, 2018 letter be increased by 10 percent for the purpose of calculating and paying their individual separating benefits under this settlement, without retroactive application.
In addition, the Pension Transfer Payments for the Separated security personnel be calculated using the MPN’s policy on Pension transfer factors, will ensure the delivery 50 percent cash payment of accrued pensions as part of the separation benefits, while the balance should be transferred to their respective individual Retirement Savings Account.
In an earlier communication the company, the company had agreed to pay all other elements according to the Company End Service benefits guidelines, which are:
Gratuity per Company policy for employees, setting in allowance – 1.75MBS to all separated personnel, notice pay-1MBS to all separated personnel, notice pay- 1 MBS to all separated personnel and ex-gratia payment – 1 MBS to all separated personnel.
In conclusion, all statutory and authorised deductions by the former Security Personnel can be effected by MPNU.