PENGASSAN vs Dangote: Strike won’t cause fuel scarcity – Osifo

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, says its proposed strike, scheduled for Monday, will not lead to petrol scarcity.

PENGASSAN’s president, Festus Osifo gave this assurance when he appeared as a guest in an interview on ‘Sunday Politics’, a programme on Channels Television.

DAILY POST reports that the union had directed its members nationwide to withdraw their services over the alleged mass dismissal of Nigerian workers by the Dangote Refinery.

Meanwhile, the strike notice has, however, triggered public concern, with many Nigerians being scared that it could spark long queues at filling stations.

Allaying such fear, however, Osifo confirmed that the union had shut down gas supply to the refineries.

“I want us to disaggregate what the effect would be. The effect, as of today, as of tomorrow, even by next weekend, is not going to dovetail into Nigerians queuing to buy PMS. It won’t dovetail into that.

“Yes, as we speak, we have cut the supply of gas to the refineries, the fertilisers, and all that. Yes, we have done that because if someone says he is crazy, we are going to tell him that we are the goose that laid the golden egg — that we are much crazier,” he stated.