The ongoing industrial impasse between the Dangote group and the petroleum tanker drivers Union has continued to attract comments as some stakeholders in oil sector call for amicable resolution of the industrial dispute.
Speaking to our reporter, Mr Nwafor Nnaemeka John, the Special Assistant to the Governor Francis Nwifiru on Petroleum matters, said, the strike action is needless considering the avenue they are lapping on for the strike action, registering Government's dissatisfaction on the action.
Nwafor discribed the strike action as a pure economic sabotage and called for an end to the Strike.
"Government is not happy about the strike by NUPENG. It is a very devastating situation in the whole country. This supposed to be an internal affairs or tussle between a union and private sector of Dangote Group of Companies, generalizing it to whole populace of this country is quite unfair. It is uncalled for, because the issue need to be handled amicably between themselves and not to escalate it to the masses.
"We are optimistic that the outcome of the dialogue between Government and NUPENG will be fruitful because the masses have already started feeling it.
"We all know that the current problem is the demand that all Dangote truck drivers must be members of NUPENG which Dangote objected to. You recall that Dangote procured four thousand CNG trucks to ease the price of petroleum products in the country. Dangote accepted to be dropping the products to marketers at their various stations without a charge which is a very good move and the masses are at home with it, but petroleum tanker drivers Union and NUPENG in general insisted that all Dangote drivers must belong to their Union, which to me, is a pure economic sabotage and it's not a good one. NUPENG should suspend any form of strike because the avenue they are lapping on, is not enough for them to go on strike", he stayed.
On his part, Mr Alloyious Nwibo, Chairman, PEDAN Ebonyi State said that PEDAN is in full support of NUPENG in the ongoing strike, stressing that though the strike is orchestrated by in house disagreement, but it is in a quest for right thing to be done in the Sector.
"We're are having an in house fracas. Dangote and NUPENG are having problem because of the petroleum tanker drivers and his own tanker drivers. PEDAN, IPMAN and other Union in petroleum sector are joining them in the strike because we want the right thing to be done in the system. Petroleum sector is a very difficult terrain and some drivers are not good, and for proper monitoring, every petroleum tanker driver must be in the Union".
Bearing his mind on the issue,Comtade Nweke Godwin, chairman, NUPENG taskforce, Ebonyi State, said his men are all ready for action.
"We are fully prepared to enforce the strike order to the later. We're monitoring the situation. Dialogue is still ongoing and fully prepared for action".
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