ABUJA – The three-day warning strike
action embarked upon by members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff
Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, and the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and
Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, will not disrupt distribution of petroleum
products to members of the public, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,
NNPC, has assured.
This assurance was at the backdrop
of long queue of vehicles that resurfaced at the most filling stations in the
Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and its environs, Monday morning, on account of
the strike announced by the union bodies.
The corporation in a statement
issued by its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Ohi
Alegbe, advised fuel consumers to avoid panic buying or stock piling of
petroleum products as that could lead to needless queues or cause fire
accidents that could lead to loss of lives and property.
The NNPC noted that “it was in talks
with the leadership of the unions who gave the assurance that they would not
disrupt the fuel supply and distribution system as the strike was basically
aimed at addressing the anti-labour issues by some of the International Oil
Companies, IOCs.
The Corporation and its downstream
subsidiary, the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, PPMC, also revealed
that it has over 32 days stock of petroleum products available for supply
across the nation during the Yuletide season and beyond.
The Corporation also disclosed 17
additional petroleum laden vessels are at the Lagos Port waiting to discharge
to the various depots for onward distribution to members of the public.
It further assured that everything
was being done to ensure that there was no hitch whatsoever in the supply
system that could bring any form of hardship to motorists and those who intend
to travel during the period.
“The Corporation also advised
marketers to desist from hoarding or diversion of petroleum products as any
marketer caught in the act would be sanctioned.”
- Vanguard News
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