NUPENG To Suspend Fuel Supply To LASG Over N224m Debt

The National Union of Petroleum and Natural
Gas (NUPENG) on Tuesday said that the union
would stop supplying petroleum products to
Lagos State Government (LASG) over N224
million debt.
Mr Tokunbo Korodo, the South-West
Chairman of the union, told the News Agency
of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the debt arose
from a contract given to the union by the
LASG.
Korodo alleged that the N224 million was for
payment for the supply of diesel and
kerosene to LASG for direct labour projects
in Ojodu which were executed between
October 2014 and May 2015.
The union chairman said the contract was
financed by Skye Bank and the bank had
been asking for repayment of the loan.
“All efforts to prevail on state government to
pay this money through our letter dated Dec.
2, 2015 which was acknowledged on Dec.4
proved abortive.
“Now, the union is left with no option than
to stop supplying petroleum products to all
parastatal agencies of Lagos State.
“From today on, if this is not effective, we
may be forced to abandon Lagos as a whole
to demand for this payment as Skye Bank is
on our neck for this payment,” he said.
Korodo said that the union had reached out
to the Governor, Deputy Governor, Secretary
to the State Government and the State
Commissioner of Transportation over the
matter, but nothing was done.
The chairman said that all unions in the oil
sector would participate in the action.
“If this payment is not made on time every
union under oil workers will participate
because an injury to one person of the union
is injury to all members,” he said.
Officials of the state ministry of
transportation were not ready to speak on
the issue when contacted by a correspondent
of NAN.
They said they were not permitted to speak
to journalists.(NAN)