PH Refinery staff threaten shutdown over 7 months unpaid salaries

•Don’t punish workers for refinery’s inactivity –Experts

Support staff of the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) have threatened to shut down the refinery within 48 hours if the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) fails to pay their seven months’ salary arrears and implement an approved new salary structure.
The workers, under the aegis of the PHRC Support Staff Union, barricaded the entrance of the refinery in Eleme, Rivers State, on Monday, mounted tents and displayed placards demanding urgent intervention by the NNPCL management.
The protest has temporarily disrupted activities at the facility, which is currently undergoing maintenance as the Federal Governm...