According to him, “We ought to have passed the PIGB yesterday, but because of the demise of Senator Isiaka Adeleke, we decided to hold a special session in his honour. That was why we could not pass it. But we have already agreed that the bill will be considered and passed between May 16 and 17.”
“NUPENG wants the NNPC to also go further to reactivate and re-open the other moribund depots scattered all over the county. We want to also reiterate our earlier call for the establishment of Pipeline Protection Agency, PPA, that will be saddled with the protection of pipelines traversing the nooks and crannies of the country. The Agency should be well funded and equipped with modern gadgets like alarms, sensors and helicopters gun-ships with night vision.”
There are fears that with the marginal increase in freight rate for transporters, the Federal Government may have also kick-started the process of hiking the pump price of petrol, with the product likely to sell between N147 and N150 per litre.
18 March 2015, Abuja – A week after queues of desperate motorists disappeared from filling stations, the nation is in…
