{"id":31308,"date":"2014-09-21T04:45:17","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T03:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=31308"},"modified":"2014-09-21T04:45:17","modified_gmt":"2014-09-21T03:45:17","slug":"fuel-scarcity-jonathan-wades-directs-petroleum-minister-meet-oil-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/fuel-scarcity-jonathan-wades-directs-petroleum-minister-meet-oil-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuel Scarcity: Jonathan wades in, directs Petroleum Minister to meet oil workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"color: #262626;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">President Goodluck Jonathan waded into Nigeria\u2019s resurging fuel crisis Friday, directing the petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to immediately convene a meeting with striking oil workers.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">The meeting which began in the afternoon was ongoing at the presidential villa as of 7pm Friday.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">A presidency source said they hoped a \u201ccritical decision\u201d will be taken over the fuel crisis that began Wednesday.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">The meeting came as scarcity of fuel bit harder across the country as oil workers\u2019 industrial action entered its fifth day.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">It is gathered that the president had directed Mrs. Alison-Madueke to immediately dialogue with the leaders of the two main oil workers unions, the Petroleum and National Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, and National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, over their grievances.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">An official said Mr. Jonathan directed the minister to do all within her powers to ensure that the crisis did not extend beyond this weekend.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">Oil workers downed tools Monday over the management of their pensions.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">The unions are also demanding that the government take more seriously the issue of Turn Around Maintenance of Nigeria\u2019s four refineries.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">Other demands of the unions include the need for increased allocation of crude oil for local refining to help reduce the growing reliance on importation of petroleum products for domestic consumption.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">Crude oil allocation for local refining has steadily declined over the years largely over accountability issues.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">According to workers, if the current arrangement persists, the NNPC would gradually be rendered redundant, particularly concerning its role as the national oil company in the industry.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">Fuel scarcity which started biting harder on Thursday in major cities, including Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt, worsened as motorists lined on long queues for several hours to buy fuel for the weekend.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #262626;\">NAN<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Goodluck Jonathan waded into Nigeria\u2019s resurging fuel crisis Friday, directing the petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to immediately convene a meeting with striking oil workers. 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