Tanker Drivers Begin Strike Today.

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4 years ago

August 10, 2020

The planned strike by Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, in Lagos would start Today (Monday) as its meeting with Lagos State Government ended in deadlock.

The South-West Chairman of NUPENG, Mr. Tayo Aboyeji, disclosed this in Lagos on Sunday.

His words: “They only promised to get back to us after we have told them what we want to avert the strike. Now, our stand still remains that they should address the issues of extortion and harassment of our members by security agents.

“Security agents and hoodlums are extorting our members and officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management use taser on our drivers and this can kill.

“Since they are not ready to address these issues, we will start the strike on Monday morning (today) until they are able to resolve them.

“It is unfortunate that the strike might affect all other states in the federation, because most of them load their petroleum products in Lagos depots.

“We are not happy to disrupt fuel supply because we know the effect but we cannot continue to cope with the problems,” he said.