Petroleum Retailers Back NUPENG Strike, Suspends Products Lifting From Tuesday
Petroleum products’ retailers nationwide have declared their support for the impending strike by the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG).
The retailers, on Saturday, announced a three-day suspension of lifting and dispensing petroleum products starting Tuesday, September 9, 2025.
PETROAN’s national president, Dr. Billy Gillis-Harry, emphasised that their move aimed to protest against monopolistic threats, particularly from the aggressive business strategies of Dangote Refinery, which he warned could devastate smaller players such as private depot owners, modular refinery operators, marketers, and transporters.
Dr. Gillis-Harry cautioned that such dominance threatens widespread unemployment and economic instability, drawing parallels to negative outcomes seen previously in Nigeria’s cement industry.
The association called on President Bola Tinubu, the Minister of State for Petroleum, and other security and regulatory agencies to intervene immediately, even during their vacations, to prevent the looming disruption of product supply.