Tag: Fuel Scarcity
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Fuel scarcity: Senates wades into crisis, to inspect filling stations across the country
The Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream says plans have been concluded for it to conduct nationwide inspection of filling stations over recent fears of fuel scarcity in the country. The chairman of the committee, Kabiru Marafa, stated this in a news briefing shortly after an investigative hearing on the matter on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr.…
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N800bn debt: Fuel scarcity looms as PENGASAN, NUPENG, others threaten strike
The nation might soon experience another fuel scarcity crisis as the Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers Senior Staff Association (PENGASAN) and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) have served notice of a nationwide indefinite strike over the Federal Government’s inability to settle debts of over N800 billion owed oil marketers. The…
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Reconstruction work on Apapa-Wharf road can cause fuel scarcity – NUPENG
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has expressed worry that the gridlock being experienced by petroleum tankers and articulated vehicles on Apapa-Wharf Road may result to fuel scarcity. Alhaji Tokunbo Korodo, the South-West Chairman of the union said this in an interview with the newsmen in Lagos on Thursday. TheNewsGuru.com reports…
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Fuel scarcity imminent as Tanker drivers’ strike paralyses loading activities in Lagos
Loading activities at both private depots and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) depots in Lagos were on Monday paralysed as Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) commenced a nationwide strike to press home their demands for enhanced welfare. Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who monitored the strike in Lagos observed that all tank…
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Fuel scarcity looms as Petroleum Tanker drivers threaten nationwide strike on Monday
The Petroleum Tankers Drivers (PTD) arm of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) says it will commence a nationwide strike on Monday. NUPENG’s President, Mr Igwe Achese, announced this in a signed communique on Friday in Lagos, at the end of its Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting held at the union’s…