The Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners, National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG and Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD have suspended their planned strike after an intervention by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPC. The parties also pledged partnership on ensuring nationwide availability of petroleum products.
The suspension notice was made known in a communiqué following a stakeholder’s meeting between the NNPC, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, PTD, NARTO, and NUPENG in Abuja.
NUPENG and PTD had declared to embark on strike based on its probe which indicated that officials of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing were diverting the fund provided by NNPC Limited for the rehabilitation of 21 critical highways.
The communiqué was jointly signed by NNPC Group Managing Directo, Mele Kyari; PTD National Chairman Otunba Salmon Oladiti; NARTO President Yusuf Otthman; NUPENG President Williams Akporeha and NMDPRA Executive Director, Finance and Admin Abiodun Adeniji.
On Road Rehabilitation, the communiqué said NNPC provided updates on the current status of the road construction and rehabilitation projects under the road infrastructure tax credit scheme.
