The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) Workers,
have called on the Federal government to expedite action towards the
repairs of the Calabar-Itu Road and the Ikom-Ogoja road as the
sufferings encountered by its workers on these roads is becoming
unbearable. According to the National Treasurer, Petroleum Tanker
Drivers many of its members who loaded petroleum products in the past
weeks have not had accessed routes for distribution of the products
outside Calabar.
Speaking at the failed portions of the road, the NUPENG National
representative said the Union will embark on the industrial action in
the coming days if nothing concrete is done on the roads to alleviate
the sufferings of the masses. Thousands of heavy duty tankers as well as
smaller vehicles ply these routes on a daily basis for commercial
purposes outside the state.
The road constructed over four decades ago has made residents in
recent times be subjected to continuous suffering, as they have had to
spend hours and in some cases days and weeks without getting to their
destinations. The NUPENG has risen up to speak against the injustice
meted on them as a result of the road which is telling on their
businesses.
The association has also condemned this development which has become a
re-occurrence and also narrated the hardship the communities around the
failed portion of the roads have subjected them to.
Credit: Channels
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