Nigeria: Tanker Driver Strike Threatens Supply
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Friday, 03 February 2012 |
A strike among petroleum tanker drivers has prevented the lifting of Premium Motor Spirit, barely two weeks after a national strike over fuel pricing was suspended by the country's largest two labour unions.
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) carried out the activity. Speaking to reporters, South West Zone Secretary General Tokunbo Korodo said that the strike was carried out because of alleged anti-union activities by Shell Nigeria.
"As I speak to you now, none of the depots is loading PMS nationwide. There is a total strike to show our disapproval of such activities by Shell," he remarked, adding that the union would picket Shell installations nationwide to express their grievances. Korodo said that the strike would continue until it received a positive response from company management.
NUPENG has accused Shell Petroleum Development Company of deducting N4,896,000 from workers' salaries. The union has said that it will picket the company's formations across the country if the money is not refunded. "SPDC has embarked on conflicting statements and the use of double standard with regards to the illegal deductions from its workers' salaries," said Comrade Elijah Okougbo (pictured), General Secretary. Shell denies deducting pay from workers illegally.
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