NUPENG faults maritime workers’ ultimatum

The tank-farms located at Apapa receive petroleum products from ships and the tankers go there to load for onward distribution to the nooks and crannies of the country.NUPENG’s General Secretary Isaac Aberare,who frowned at the demand of the maritime workers, said it is not enough to relocate petroleum tankers from Apapa as a result of […]

The tank-farms located at Apapa receive petroleum products from ships and the tankers go there to load for onward distribution to the nooks and crannies of the country.
NUPENG’s General Secretary Isaac Aberare,who frowned at the demand of the maritime workers, said it is not enough to relocate petroleum tankers from Apapa as a result of traffic situation there.
According to him,other factors responsible include the heavy-laden containers that ply the Apapa bad road, with most of them falling off and on to vehicles, causing traffic jams with deaths occurring.
He said that “for the maritime union to blame the tankers going to load fuel at the tank farms as the cause of the gridlock is a misnomer. NUPENG has its Internal Vehicle Inspection Officers (V.I.O) who make sure that vehicles are orderly in the tank farm areas to load petroleum products.”