Lagos, July 01: Multinational oil firms and the state-run oil giant said production activities in Nigeria were still not affected today as a nationwide strike called by the Central Labour Body to protest fuel price hikes began its second day. "So far, there has been no disruption in our operations. Our offices are open in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. Activities are going on smoothly in our Port Harcourt operational base," a spokesman of Total Nigeria told.
Officials of American Chevrontexaco also told that the two-day-old strike has not affected its output.
"Most of our workers are at their posts and all our operations are open as at today morning," said Ndu Ughamadu, the spokesman of state-run Nigerian oil giant Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
The main oil sector workers' union, the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), said the strike had disrupted oil production.
The offices of the nation's two main oil unions were closed.
But most of the multinational oil companies agreed that some of their administrative workers have been absent from work since the strike was launched.
Bureau Report