The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has banned 132 petroleum marketers from loading products from all depots in Lagos area.
Even though the union failed to disclose their offences, the leadership of the union has sent an alert to all petroleum tank farms, and chairmen of units of NUPENG at the depot to ensure that the 132 marketers are not allowed to load anywhere within Lagos State.
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has banned 132 petroleum marketers from loading products from all depots in Lagos area.
Even though the union failed to disclose their offences, the leadership of the union has sent an alert to all petroleum tank farms, and chairmen of units of NUPENG at the depot to ensure that the 132 marketers are not allowed to load anywhere within Lagos State.
In a circular released to all tank farms and signed by Lagos Zonal Chairman, Rasaq Akanbi, which sighted by Shipping Position Daily, the union mandated that the listed marketers must get clearance from its Ibadan base before they can be allowed to load product.
"As directed by the PTD National Chairman, you are to stop the loading of the under listed marketers in any of the Lagos depots"
"Any of the marketers that wants to load from your unit must present a clearance letter from Ibadan" the circular states.
A member of the union who pleaded anonymity however confided in our correspondent that, this move was part of the NUPENG mechanism for punishing erring members.
According to him, some of the listed marketers have contravened the policies of the union by way of defrauding unsuspecting clients and through betrayer of trust.
According to the source, "these names are sometimes compiled over the years, when its time then we release them, there are occasions where the union executives intervene on matters regarding fraud and other anomalies, when the marketer refuse to follow instruction of the union and correct their mistakes, this is how they are punished".
"By publishing these list, the union executives have placed us on alert, this will make the listed marketers to repent, right their wrongs and go back to the union for clearance" the source said.
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