51-200 employees
PENGASSAN is the acronym for Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria. As a foremost union in the most important sector in the country’s economy, accounting for more than 90% of the country’s exports and 80% of the Federal Government’s revenue, we shoulder a huge responsibility in national development.
We are currently affiliated to the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUCN) and Industri-All Global Union. The Industri-All Global Union is located in Geneva, Switzerland.
PENGASSAN was established in 1978, and is one of the 24 senior staff associations in Nigeria under the umbrella of the TUC, which only received legal recognition by the Government in 2005. Before that time, senior staff associations in Nigeria struggled for the registration of a labour centre without success. PENGASSAN is also affiliated to the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mines and General Workers' Unions (ICEM).
The primary activity of PENGASSAN is to assist workers at the enterprise level. It aims to improve the rights, terms and conditions of work for its members and to resolve any problems raised by them. It promotes economic, social and educational programmesand provides financial services such as loans and thrift and savings schemes.
PENGASSAN administers day-to-day trade union activities in the country's four geographic zones: Lagos, Warri, Port Harcourt and Kaduna. At each zonal office, there is an Executive Council consisting of one elected chairperson, a few national officers and one secretary. A trade union unit set up at the enterprise level is called a branch.
The highest decision-making authority of PENGASSAN is the National Delegates'Conference (NDC). The NDC is composed of members ofthe National Executive Council (NEC), the principal national officers, delegates from all branches and one secretary. The NEC is composed of 98 branch chairpersons, as well as the principal national officers and one secretary. The Executive Committee of PENGASSA
