The planned nationwide protest has torn the Petroleum Tanker Drivers Branch of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (PTD-NUPENG) apart with claim and counter-claim on position of the union about the coming protest.
A union member, Comrade Olaitan Idris, had declared that by common consent PTD-NUPENG workers will take part in the protest.
Idris also hit out at the emergence of Comrades Augustine Egbon and Oluchi Chinagorom as national chairman and national secretary, respectively, at the recent special delegates’ conference in Lagos saying majority of the members were not in support of it.
Reacting via a statement, Egbon said Idris is an impostor and went to fault all his claims.
According to the National Chairman of PTD-NUPENG, “There is no truth in the claims made by the so-called Comrade Idris, who asserts to be a member of the union. We do not recognise him in any of our units.
“Nigerians should disregard rumours of a strike by our union. Those making such claims are aligned with the planners of the August protest.”
He added that PTD-NUPENG, under his leadership, has no plans to strike and urged the federal government to identify and address those issuing threats of a strike during this critical period for the industry.
