By Bukola Hameed
The Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) have suspended their planned strike after NNPC’s intervention.
The suspension notice was announced in a communique following a critical stakeholders engagement between the NNPC Ltd., the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), PTD, NARTO, and NUPENG yesterday, in Abuja.
The unions also pledged collaboration on ensuring the nationwide availability of petroleum products.
NUPENG and PTD had declared to go on strike based on its investigations which revealed that officials of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing were diverting the fund provided by NNPC for the rehabilitation of 21 critical highways.