Worried by the looming crisis in the oil and gas sector and the threat by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN and the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG)  to commence strike , the House of Representatives  Joint committees on Petroleum (Upstream), Petroleum (Downstream) and Gas Resources yesterday  summoned the Petroleum Minister, Mrs Deizeani Allison-Madueke.
Also to appear before the lawmakers today  are the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ( NNPC )Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawah and leaderships of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers (NUPENG) .
In a statement signed by chairmen of the three committees  Hons.Muraina Ajibola, (Petroleum Upstream) !Dakuku Peterside (Petroleum Downstream) and  Bassey Ewa (Gas Resources)  the move is to avert the planned strike by NUPENG and PENGASSAN which according to the lawmakers can cripple the nation’s oil and gas sector.

Details in Daily Sun tomorrow

Reps summon Petroleum minister, NUPENG, Others over strike