ABUJA — President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that the nation’s refineries will bounce back, even as he lamented that the expected benefits from the introduction of Compressed Natural Gas are going into the pockets of truck owners rather than reaching commuters .
CDA News Nigeria gathered that the President made the remarks on Thursday when he received the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers at the Presidential Villa, Abuja . He recalled his promise while seeking the presidency to remove the fuel subsidy, stating, “You may strike all you want, but fuel subsidy will be gone. And today, to the benefit of our great country” .
CDA News Nigeria reports that Tinubu said workers at local, state and federal levels are reaping the benefits of subsidy removal through prompt payment of salaries, while landmark infrastructural projects are underway across the country . “The refineries you mentioned are going to come back to work. We’re just building a very firm reset and structural reworking of the economics of it,” he said .
Speaking earlier, NUPENG President Comrade Salimon Akanni Oladiti appealed to the President to check the casualisation of workers in the oil industry, describing the trend as unwholesome . He also urged Tinubu to revive the Nigerian Pipelines and Storage Company depots across the country .
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