Scarcity Looms As NUPENG Asks Rivers Members To Shut Down - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 17, 2020
The Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers NUPENG has directed its members to stop the distribution of fuel to any part of Rivers State.
It was also gathered that the Independent MarketersAssociation IMAN of Nigeria has instructed its members to shut down theirpetrol filling stations over an alleged arrest of two tanker drivers andseizure of their trucks by the Rivers State task force on decongestion ofroads.
The directive indicated that NUPENG and other related bodiesdecried alleged harassment of their members, adding that the strike would go onuntil the matter was settle.
NUPENG’s Port Harcourt Zonal Chairman Alex Agwanwor saidthey are embarking on strike because of members of the union currently inpolice custody.
Agwanwor, who is also NUPENG’s National Treasurer, explainedthat members of the union would not work until the tanker drivers and seizedtrucks were released.