NUPENG has threatened to shutdown activities in Nigeria
The threat is a way to protest plan by the federal government to sell Port Harcourt refinery
The union alleged that the federal government has refused to listen to the Senate order to put the sale of the refinery on hold
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has threatened to shutdown work in oil sector if the federal government continues with the plan to put the Port Harcout refinery on sale.
The group alleged that despite order by the Senate to put the sale on hold, the federal government has ignored orders and proceed to sell in secret.
The President of NUPENG, Dr. Igwe Achese, in a statement on Sunday, June 4, insisted that the agreement entered into by the government and Oando was unilateral, without the involvement of stakeholders and unacceptable, Daily Post reports.
The group alleged that the federal government is planning to sell Port Harcourt refinery despite orders not to.
Achese also lamented at the exclusion of the host community, workers, local government and state government, among others, from the said agreement.
Achese stated: “We have continued to wonder why the sale of public assets like the Port Harcourt refinery is being done in secret in the way and manner they are doing it.
"Knowing that there are stakeholders in this sector, and these stakeholders are also taxpayers, you don’t just take any decision at will.
“Among all these stakeholders are the workers, who are the operators of these assets. You are mortgaging their future.
“The worst thing is that we are increasingly beginning to see that some of the policies and the way the policies are being thrown at us look like we are in an autocratic system of government, where the norms and principles of democracy do not matter.”
Meanwhile, the media reports suggesting that a Senate committee recommended a 5 naira fuel levy on every litre of petroleum or diesel is false.
NAIJ.com gathered that what the Senate committee did was to canvass for the sustainable maintenance of roads from the pricing template of petroleum products.
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