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  • Updated: July 03, 2020

Fuel Crisis Looms As NUPENG Issues Two-Week Ultimatum To FG

Fuel Crisis Looms As NUPENG Issues Two-Week Ultimatum To FG

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has given a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to fulfill its demands of providing better roads for improved distribution of petroleum products across the country.

The union noted that currently, the only way of distributing petroleum products in the country is through road networks, and bad roads make it hard for trucks to navigate their channels.

Dispensing the grievance of the union is the National President of NUPENG, Prince Williams Akporeha, during the union's virtual National Executive meeting.

Akporeha said that the issue of bad roads is only compounded by "various security agencies who now set up multiple checkpoints on these deplorable roads to further exploit and extort money from motorists", and is asking that the Federal Government look into it.

He said, “We wish to urgently draw the attention of the Federal Government to the harrowing experiences of the owners of petroleum trucks in the country.

“The only means of moving petroleum products across the country is by roads, using the trucks. We can confidently tell you that this means of distribution is presently endangered and require urgent Federal Government stimulus intervention fund to prevent it from total collapse.”

“We are shocked at the lackadaisical attitude of local, states and federal governments to the issues of addressing the degenerating state of Nigeria roads before the coming of the current raining season despite all our warnings for them to make necessary construction, repairs and maintenance of all our roads, which are now in a parlous state and becoming practically impassable.

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“The issue of bad roads is further compounded by the various security agencies who now set up multiple checkpoints on these deplorable roads to further exploit and extort money from motorists. Petroleum tanker drivers are the worst hit by the exploitative tendencies of these unscrupulous security agencies.

“The brazen extortion of our members, especially during this COVID-19 pandemic was really disconcerting and unfortunate.”

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