By Olasunkanmi Akoni
Representatives of the Lagos State Government and leadership of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG are currently in a latest meeting in Alausa, Ikeja to resolve issues surrounding on-going strike embarked by Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, in Lagos.
The Monday intervention, according to the state government became necessary to avert possible fuel scarcity and crisis that could result from the strike.
Recall that NUPENG had last Friday, August 7, directed members of the PTD, in Lagos zone to shut fuel distribution in Lagos and its environs over take-over of access roads to tank farms and fuel depots by containerised trucks, among other grievances.
The union is also protesting deplorable state of the roads and alarming extortion of tanker drivers by security operatives in Lagos and its environs.
NUPENG in a statement by its President and General Secretary, Prince Williams Akporeha and Olawale Afolabi, respectively, lamented…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
