National Union of Petroleum and
Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has said fuel
scarcity will continue to be part of Nigeria's
socio-economic realities as long as the
country's refineries are grounded, importation
of petroleum products continues, subsidy
persists, deregulation ignored and depot not
rehabilitated.
This much was said by National President of
NUPENG, Mr. Igwe Achese, at a briefing in
Lagos, yesterday.
Achese also blamed the current scarcity that
had crippled economic activities nationwide
on Lagos State government, who he said gave
tanker drivers 24 hours, instead of the two
weeks they asked for, to leave Oshodin-Apapa
Expressway.
He said: "We are not on strike. It was just a
withdrawal of services. I directed that the
trucks stay away to avoid violence.
"Even when the tankers were out of the roads,
trailers took over which means it is not our
problem.
"We work and pay our taxes in Lagos. It is
unfortunate that they do not consider it good
enough to create a corridor for us just as they
did for Bus Rapid Transport, BRT.
"As long as government refuses to do the
needful, fuel scarcity will continue to be part
of this country.
"To stop it, our refineries must be put in order,
railways working, the downstream sector
deregulated, subsidy removed and depot
rehabilitated."
National Union of Petroleum and
Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has said fuel
scarcity will continue to be part of Nigeria's
socio-economic realities as long as the
country's refineries are grounded, importation
of petroleum products continues, subsidy
persists, deregulation ignored and depot not
rehabilitated.
This much was said by National President of
NUPENG, Mr. Igwe Achese, at a briefing in
Lagos, yesterday.
Achese also blamed the current scarcity that
had crippled economic activities nationwide
on Lagos State government, who he said gave
tanker drivers 24 hours, instead of the two
weeks they asked for, to leave Oshodin-Apapa
Expressway.
He said: "We are not on strike. It was just a
withdrawal of services. I directed that the
trucks stay away to avoid violence.
"Even when the tankers were out of the roads,
trailers took over which means it is not our
problem.
"We work and pay our taxes in Lagos. It is
unfortunate that they do not consider it good
enough to create a corridor for us just as they
did for Bus Rapid Transport, BRT.
"As long as government refuses to do the
needful, fuel scarcity will continue to be part
of this country.
"To stop it, our refineries must be put in order,
railways working, the downstream sector
deregulated, subsidy removed and depot
rehabilitated."
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