{
  "id": 12437510,
  "title": "P’Harcourt refinery’s support staff protest unpaid salaries, threaten shutdown",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/pharcourt-refinerys-support-staff-protest-unpaid-salaries-threaten-12437510",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-06T18:22:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/pharcourt-refinerys-support-staff-protest-unpaid-salaries-threaten-shutdown/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Members of the support staff union at the Port Harcourt Refining Company have taken to the streets in protest over unpaid wages and the failure to implement a new salary structure approved by the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited. The workers, who have barricaded the refinery's entrance, have demanded the immediate payment of their seven-months' overdue salaries and the approval of a housing/rent relief package. They claim the refinery coordinator, who they accuse of being close to the presidency, has refused to implement the approved salary structure. The union members have set a 48-hour deadline to meet their demands, or they will shut down the refinery entirely.",
  "summary": "Support staff at the Port Harcourt refinery have protested seven months of unpaid salaries and threatened a total shutdown over the non-implementation of a Read More: https://punchng.com/pharcourt-refinerys-support-staff-protest-unpaid-salaries-threaten-shutdown/",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "P’Harcourt refinery’s support staff protest unpaid salaries, threaten shutdown",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/pharcourt-refinerys-support-staff-protest-unpaid-salaries-threaten",
        "published": "2026-10-06T18:20:18.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}