Oritsetimeyin Oil Rig: ‘Cease Fuelling Industrial Disaster In Nigeria & We’re Absolutely Not Party Of Your Strike Risk’- PTD Tells NUPENG

The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Department of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Pure Gasoline Staff (NUPENG) has decried the strike mongering posture of its guardian physique in response to the alleged deployment of troops that reportedly chased away members of the union from the Oritsetimeyin oil rig.

PTD additionally used the second to reassure Nigerians and your complete stakeholders within the petroleum trade downstream sector that it might do all the pieces attainable inside its energy to cease NUPENG from making do its risk, an motion which it stated might additional cripple the financial system of the nation and improve individuals’s hardship and starvation.

The union additionally maintained that Tanker Drivers would now not work towards the progressive and seamless insurance policies of the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu or be an assault canine to the federal government underneath the present management of NUPENG.

A pacesetter from the Port Harcourt Zone of PTD Comrade Chief Joseph Dagogo-Jack (JP) made this disclosure in Abuja on Friday, November 8, 2024 throughout a parley with newsmen at High Rank Galaxy resort round 2pm, Nigerian time.

Dagogo-Jack additionally appealed to PTD members throughout the nation to go about their regular duties in actualising the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu because it considerations the oil sector.

“What NUPENG is at the moment dealing with on the Oritsetimeyin oil rig is a mirrored image of failure and lack of path by its management as presently constituted, particularly the workplace of the Normal Secretary, occupied by Afolabi Olawale. Here’s a management that took it’s members in PTD to Courtroom with the intention to jail them, management that arrange and sacked its secretariat workers over trump up fees, management that demoted its workers and suspended a number of members, management that flagrantly disobeyed courtroom orders and has been serially slammed with contempt of courtroom, management with no prudence, self-discipline, transparency, probity and accountability, management stuffed with high-handedness . 

“Management that has utterly destroyed all of the Branches underneath the umbrella physique of NUPENG, that’s the similar management struggling to get nationwide relevance and trying struggle for staff on the rig whose basic rights had been violated. NUPENG can get nothing completed positively till it mend its fence and permit PTD to breathe, in any other case it may possibly make any progress. It has set harmful precedents for itself and it due to this fact must urgently do self introspection and restitution and as nicely accord management legitimacy to PTD led group of Comrade Fortunate Osesua and his complete staff.

“It’s crystal clear that NUPENG has failed utterly to cater to the wants and pursuits of its members throughout board, no marvel it now sees the Affiliation of Distributors and Transporters of Petroleum Merchandise (ADITOP) as a risk to its existence having seen that ADITOP is now prepared and ready to supply higher deal to Tanker Drivers with a strong Collective Bargaining Settlement, safety of tenure, safety from well being and security hazards, and with the poise to give you related coaching on well being and security, amongst different juicy packages, which NUPENG has didn’t do through the years however solely sees PTD as a money cow, but its members are being impoverished by NUPENG’s insurance policies and programmes. NUPENG wants to know the great thing about democracy, NUPENG can not proceed to benefit from the monopoly of freedom of affiliation and meeting within the oil and gasoline sector, our structure may be very clear about that.

“We should nonetheless reiterate that PTD is a recognised affiliation of its personal and desires to focus on its predominant core aims and we’re additionally utilizing this chance to additionally attraction to safety businesses to all the time help and work in a pleasant method with our members always. Our members also needs to know that PTD will quickly name for a nationwide government council assembly to deal with the problems inside the PTD and successfully regularise our actions inside.

“We name on all nationwide government members, each previous and current, to unite and are available collectively in the direction of making certain an amicable decision and easy crusing of PTD, as with out peace and unity, the affiliation is not going to transfer ahead. The nationwide chairman, Fortunate Osesua, his deputies Comrade Dayyabu Yusuf Garga, Comrade (Chief) Peter Moudebelu (Onwa) and the nationwide secretary, Humble Energy Obinna and different executives of the PTD department are able to work with everybody, and we provide an olive department to the opposition to contribute their quota to the expansion of PTD.

“I wish to additionally guarantee the Nigerian those who we imply nicely for the nation and shall by no means in any manner inflict ache or damage on the lots. Though we’re apprehensive in regards to the disturbing motion of some overzealous safety personnel, we consider with dialogue, we are able to nonetheless keep industrial concord and peace inside the petroleum trade worth chain. However, staff’ rights and the sanctity of negotiated agreements at Oritsetimeyin oil rig shouldn’t be compromised underneath any guise.

“It should be famous and positioned on report that PTD can not, by our motion, add to the present hardship and cry of starvation by weak Nigerians by participating in any industrial stress underneath a fragile and weak financial system that’s at the moment screaming for assist. That shall be irresponsible and completely unpatriotic of us ought to we be a part of NUPENG in any useless strike at a time like this,” the labour chief (Dagogo-Jack) said.