“To be forewarned is to be forearmed”- NUPENG Issues Threat To FG

By Tolulope Oke

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has threatened to not hesitate to join in the proposed nationwide strike, following the prolonged ASUU, NASU and SSANU acts that have prevented tertiary institutions’ operations from progressing in the past eight months.

Williams Akporeha, the union’s national president, and Afolabi Olawale, its general secretary, joined others in denouncing the federal government’s slack approach to finding a long-term solution to the situation in a statement.

“We are deeply worried that the strike has left thousands of university students stranded and idle, making some of them susceptible to go into various social vices and crimes, thus truncating what otherwise should have been wonderful assets and blessings to our great nation and humanity.”

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The NUPENG rank-and-file members, according to the statement, agreed with the NLC’s stance on protesting the deplorable circumstances in the tertiary education sector and would not hesitate to participate in the suggested statewide strike on the subject.

“It is against this background that NUPENG demands together with other trade unions, that the Federal Government must immediately address and resolve all demands of ASUU, NASU and SSANU without any further delay to avert national solidarity actions from our members across the country,” the statement said

“A stitch in time saves nine. To be forewarned is to be forearmed. We are by copy of this press statement putting all our members on alert to be in solidarity actions on the directive of Nigeria Labour Congress at very short notice. Our Solidarity remains constant, for the Union makes us strong,” the union said.