Petrol stations in Port Harcourt reopen as NUPENG suspends strike

Some petrol stations successful Port Harcourt City person returned to concern pursuing the suspension of the onslaught declared by the Nigeria Union of Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG).

A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) survey conducted astir the Port Harcourt metropolis connected Wednesday showed that galore petrol stations were unfastened for business.

Recall that NUPENG directed its members to embark connected a onslaught implicit alleged anti-labour practices by Dangote Refinery.

The national had besides accused the steadfast of readying to render its members jobless by hiring non-affiliated drivers.

Some petrol presumption managers who spoke to NAN said that the reopening of their concern outlets followed a directive from their union.

At a large petrol presumption on Eleme Road, a manager who preferred anonymity said that the alleged contented of unit victimisation owed to national rank should beryllium fixed due attention.

“We are believing that each the issues raised person been fixed the close attention, this volition guarantee stableness and harmony,” the manager said

It would beryllium recalled that Mr. Billy Harry, the National President of the Petrol Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria, issued a connection connected Tuesday, urging members to suspend the strike.

Harry stated that the determination to telephone disconnected the onslaught resulted from aggravated negotiations betwixt NUPENG and Dangote Refinery.

“Based connected the resolutions reached during the negotiations, we person to springiness a caller directive to our members to unfastened for business,” helium said.

Also speaking to NAN, Mr Ekene Kamsi, a commercialized taxi driver, described the suspension of the onslaught arsenic a invited development.

He said that the terms of petrol accrued unimaginably wrong 24 hours, saying,” we bought petrol astatine N1,800 per litre from roadside sellers.”

“With the suspension of the strike, we are hopeful that normalcy volition return, we cannot spend further difficulties, we already person excessively galore issues to grapple with,” helium said.

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