Protesting support staff of the Warri Refining & Petrochemical Company (WRPC) in Delta State have embarked on an indefinite strike.
The workers shut down the facility over what they have termed poor conditions of service by the management of the company.
The staff, who gathered in large numbers, blocked the entrance to the company.
The protesters, chanting solidarity songs while bearing placards with various inscriptions, also demanded an adjustment to their welfare.,
Speaking on behalf of the protesters, the leader of the support staff (WRPC), Dafe Ighomiteso, said that the support staff make up 80% of the entire workforce of Warri Refinery.
While noting that they have been protesting since 2015, Ighomiteso stated that the cleaners who work in the hazardous facility only recently started receiving thirty-four thousand, five hundred naira (#34,500) as their monthly salary.
The support staff pledged their unwavering support for the mandate of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration in ensuring that the refineries in the country are revived.
Meanwhile, efforts to get the reaction of the management of WRPC on the matter were unsuccessful, as they refused to comment on the issue.
