Again, no deal and strike continues, says Labour ..PENGASSAN shuts down oil production?  Newsdiaryonline  Sat Jan 14,2012

Reports from the Presidential Villa Abuja said the meeting between labour and government once again failed to produce an   agreement. Abdulwaheed Omar ,NLC President  reportedly said the strike continues on Monday.

Newsdiaryonline source said it was obvious to labour that little would come out of the meeting because government was bent on negotiating the pump price with Labour.However the NEC of NLC and TUC gave their leaders a mandate not to accept anything more that N65 per litre.

It is appears the strike may be entering  a new  phase as a labour source told Newsdiaryonline that PENGASSAN has shut down oil production already in the aftermath of the failed talks.'In fact they have shut down oil production 45 minutes ago',the source said  before midnight Jan. 14,2012.But Omar reportedly said  after the meeting at the Villa that oil production has not been shut down yet.
However Senate President David Mark said negotiation is an on going process but that remarkably, both sides are 'shifting ground'.Aminu Tambuwal ,speaker House of Reps said it is not a deadlock but that the dialogue will continue.

What is clear from the briefings is that there has been no deal.Peter Esele ,TUC president as well as Omar said  labour will maintain status  quo ante.They hinted that they will  meet, perhaps on  Sunday with the Organs of Labour to  brief the leaders and decide  the next   line of action.

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