Petrol station workers under the banner of the Concerned Petrol Station Workers have commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited for rolling out a comprehensive health insurance scheme for service attendants nationwide.
At the same time, they renewed pressure on the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers to hold long-overdue elections for Petrol Station Workers.
The NNPCL on November 13, 2025, unveiled the Attendants’ Health Insurance Scheme, implemented by NNPC Retail Ltd. in partnership with NNPC HMO, to ensure access to quality healthcare for more than 7,000 station attendants across the country.
In a statement issued in Kaduna on Tuesday, the Convener of the Concerned Petrol Station Workers, Comrade Ibrahim Zango, described the initiative as a major step toward enhancing welfare standards in the downstream petroleum sector.
“We are particularly delighted with the launch of the Health Insurance Scheme on 13th November 2025, which will provide thousands of NNPCL workers with much-needed access to quality healthcare,” Zango said.
He added that the scheme “is a clear demonstration of NNPCL’s commitment to the well-being of its workforce and sets a remarkable standard in the petroleum downstream sector.”
However, despite welcoming the development, the workers maintained that NUPENG’s national leadership must urgently organise elections for Petrol Station Workers to ensure proper representation and address lingering issues within the workforce.
Zango said, “While we celebrate this milestone, we also seize this moment to reiterate our call on the national leadership of NUPENG to urgently conduct elections for Petrol Station Workers. Our challenges go far beyond access to healthcare.”
He highlighted unresolved matters such as safety, fair remuneration, job security, improved working conditions, and legitimate representation within the union. “A democratically elected and functional leadership is essential to address these concerns and strengthen the voice of workers across the country,” he said.
The group also appealed to private petroleum marketers to mirror NNPCL’s effort by extending health insurance coverage to their own employees, arguing that improved welfare enhances productivity and service delivery.
Zango added, “C-PSWs wish to draw the urgent attention of all private petroleum marketers to extend the health insurance scheme to their employees.”
