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Petroleum Tanker Drivers Threaten Strike Action

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Gabriel Enenche —

Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) through its national chairman, Salmon Oladiti yesterday in Abuja, the nation’s capital, threatened a national strike if the Nigerian government does not immediately rehabilitate the 21 critical roads captured in the N621 billion NNPC Road Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme.

He cited an earlier ultimatum he referred as ‘firm and decisive’ issued to the government regarding the deplorable state of the federal highways and the painful experiences of their members commuting across the nation.

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PTD is a part of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, (NUPENG).

Mr Oladiti added that the intended strike would take a short notice since the agreement on fixing 21 critical roads across the country through the Road Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme of the NNPC reached in October 2021 is yet to be met.

“We’re tired of accidents, being stranded on the roads for weeks, risk of attacks by kidnappers, bandits and terrorists,” Oladiti lamented.

“These criminals have taken over some of these roads. We’ve been on this matter of bad roads for more than three years and last year, we reached an agreement with the NNPC who promised to rehabilitate these critical roads and earmarked N621 billion for it.

“Some of these roads are less than 25km in length. Tanker crashes were almost a daily occurrence. Security challenge on these roads can’t be overemphasized.

“Unfortunately, and to our greatest shocks, we heard it from very reliable sources that some vultures in the garbs of being state governments, officials of the Ministry of Works and Housing and politicians are already depleting these funds and misappropriating them on roads and projects not intended in the agreement as approved by the Federal Executive Council.ⓘ

“This is an open day robbery, but we are assuring all and sundry that our Union will go to all lengths to expose these unscrupulous individuals.”

To avert an industrial action scheduled for an earlier date, Mr Oladiti said the NNPC held stakeholders’ meetings that included the FIRS, FRSC, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Nigeria Association of Road Transport Owners and the Union.

“All critical Stakeholders were at these meetings, including FIRS, FRSC, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Nigeria Association of Road Transport Owners and the Union,” he explained.

“These two meetings resulted into the signing of a communique indicating the readiness and willingness of to finance the rehabilitation of identified 21 critical roads at an estimated sum of N621 Billion through the Road Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme.

“On the basis of this communique, we suspended the intended industrial action but with a very clear warning that should the spirit and letter of the agreement not be fully implemented with a focus on those jointly identified critical roads, the Union will not hesitate to resume the intended actions without further warning.

“To the delight of all of us, the issue was tabled before the Federal Executive Council and was expressly approved within two weeks as agreed,” he added.

Mr Oladiti said that every kobo of the approved fund must be accounted for and the public must see the pre and post-rehabilitation conditions of all the identified 21 federal roads because tax payers’ money must be accounted for.

“We urge every patriotic Nigerian to rise up and join us in this struggle. This is not a fight for NUPENG alone, it is our collective fight. Our Solidarity remains Constant, for the Union makes us strong,” he said.ⓘ

The proposed industrial action may worsen the state of fuel supply across the country.

Fuel scarcity hit major cities across Nigeria, including Abuja and Lagos, this week. The government said Tuesday, it had discovered a recently bought stock contained excessively high methanol above Nigeria specification.

The regulatory agency yesterday met with marketers in Lagos in a bid to raise distribution and remove the substandard fuel from supply chain.

Tags: Federal Executive CouncilPetroleum Tanker DriversNNPC Road Infrastructure Tax Credit SchemeNigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas WorkersNUPENGNigeria Association of Road Transport Owners and the Union
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