The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in nine northern states has embarked on a three-day warning strike by withdrawing services at depots.
This Federal
Capital Territory, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Kogi, Niger and others of the Suleja Depot
branch of IPMAN started the three-day warning strike.
The chairman,
Alhaji Yahaya Alhassan, announced the stoppage of supply of the product from
the depot while taking newsmen on a tour round the parked trucks in the depot
at Maje, Suleja in Niger State.
The marketers
are asking the Federal Government to pay their outstanding bridging claims of
about N70 billion.
Addressing a
press conference on Monday in Maiduguri, the spokesman for IPMAN in Borno
State, Abdulkadir Mustapha, said the non-payment was causing untold hardship to
their members, saying “Hence we have resolved at our meeting held in Kano State
to withdraw our services at the depots for three days.”
The union warns
that it will not hesitate to go on an indefinite strike action if its demands
are not met by the FG.
“Henceforth, all
products lifted must be settled or paid for within the stipulated period of 30
days as earlier agreed. Failure to do so will lead to indefinite suspension of
our services in all depots and filling stations across the northern region.
“As peace loving
association, we urge the authorities to settle or pay all the unsettled claims.
We cannot be lifting fuel from far South to the North without being paid. Our
decision to go for the warning strike is to draw the attention of authorities
to take action that why we didn’t shut down our outlets not to cause
unnecessary hardship to the citizenry,” he said.
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