Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Workers, NUPENG, had during the weekend, vowed to stop distributing petroleum
products across the country if the ongoing strike of the Academic Staff Union
of Universities, ASUU, continues with no solution. It threatened to frustrate
fuel distribution if the federal government remains adamant, without full
implementation of the lecturers’ demands.
NUPENG however did not specify when the
strike will begin, but stated that it was necessary it shows solidarity with
the lecturers since the government had failed to find a permanent solution to
the strike that commenced 3 months ago.
NUPENG President, Igwe Achese, while speaking
at the Union’s National Administrative Council, NAC, meeting, in Lagos,
expressed worry over the state of Nigerian universities.
He said government’s failure to respect
agreements had resulted to strikes in different sectors of the Nigerian system
since the inception of 2013.