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Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers, NUPENG, has said it will not give further warning to embark on industrial action, if the N621bn provided by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited for the rehabilitation of 21 critical highways is not utilized.
In NUPENG words “On the basis of this communique, the union suspended the intended industrial action, but we were very clear in our statement, that should the spirit and letter of the agreement not fully implemented with a focus on those jointly identified critical roads or attempt is made to divert the funds, the union will not give further warning to resume the intended actions.”
This was declared in a statement jointly signed by the union’s President, Williams Akporeha, and General Secretary, Olawale Afolabi.
NUPENG noted that it had started mobilizing members of the union for the sudden strike.
According to NUPENG, officials of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing (FMWH) were currently diverting the N621bn provided by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited for the rehabilitation of 21 critical highways.
NUPENG noted that roads rehabilitation pictures being brandished by the FMWH were photographs that were taken before the N621bn was approved.
The Union pointed out that agreements reached on the matter with the government and other stakeholders in two separate meetings were not upheld.
The officials of the Ministry of Works and Housing are going around showing pictures of roads done in June and August 2021 to justify payment made from the N621bn which was approved in October 2021 for the identified 21 critical roads