Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) on
Wednesday threatened to boycott bad roads if the Federal Government fails to
repair some key roads before the rains begin.
PTD National Chairman, Comrade
Salimon Oladiti said this in a statement signed by Mr Abdulkadir Garba, Head
Media Relations of the union.
The union said the warning may
affect the smooth supply and distribution of petroleum products to some parts
of the country.
”Despite the visit by the Vice
President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the road leading to the Tatabu Bridge is still
in a deplorable state stretching from Jebba to Mokwa, where trucks spend days
on the road,” he said.
”We therefore call on the Federal
Government to expedite action on repairing the road, because with the onset of
the rain soon, the situation will totally be out of control.
”Some of the bad roads identified
must be repaired as Tanker Drivers cannot do anything to assuage the suffering
of Nigerians under the circumstance.
”Already, some roads are
by-passed to Mosimi to demonstrate that PTD is ready to work 24 hours to ensure
smooth supply of products across the country.
”However, unless something is
done to stem the tide of tankers breaking down or upturned, the situation will
be difficult and the union will be left with no choice than to boycott some of
the bad roads,” he said.
Oladiti, however, commended the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for pumping petroleum products
through the system Two-B.
”The system now bridges fuel
products to the North and other parts of the country through Ibadan- Mosimi and
Ejigbo depots as well as Warri-Calabar-Aba depots, while waiting for the
commencement of Ilorin-Ore depots among others.
”We support the use of other
depots outside Lagos as a way of decongesting the gridlock in Apapa and easing
the problem of fuel scarcity and that where this method as well as the system
Two-B is sustained,” he added.
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