The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) yesterday vowed to go ahead with its planned strike action today (Monday), in protest against the decision by the Dangote Refinery not to allow drivers of its newly imported Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) trucks join any trade union.
But the federal government pleaded with the union, which also kicked against the massive importation of the Dangote trucks, which it said will put its members out of business, to reconsider its stance on the nationwide industrial action, pledging to broker a dialogue to resolve the dispute .
The President of NUPENG, Williams Akporeha and the General Secretary of the union, Olawale Afolabi, in a statement in Abuja, maintained that the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) branch of NUPENG would refrain from lifting petroleum products from depots nationwide.
NUPENG also disowned a statement attributed to the President of the Direct Trucking Company Drivers Association (DTCDA), Enoch Kanawa, which claimed that NUPENG could not speak for members of petroleum tanker drivers. Kanawa had urged Nigerians to disregard the planned industrial action.
