LAGOS, May 26 (Reuters) - Nigeria's main oil union has shutdown the local operations of U.S. oilfield services providerHalliburton Co. in protest against job cuts, the tradebody said on Tuesday.
Tokunbo Korodo, Lagos chairman for the National Union ofPetroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), told Reuters thegroup halted operations on Monday saying it was opposed toHalliburton's decision to sack 46 local staff members.
The union accused Halliburton of not following due process.
Halliburton, which offers drilling services to Royal DutchShell and Chevron in Africa's top oil producer,was not immediately available to comment. (Reporting by Chijioke Ohuocha, Editing by James Macharia)
