Nigeria: No Plan to Protest – Petroleum Tanker Drivers

The Petroleum Tanker Drivers Branch of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (PTD-NUPENG) has said it has no plans to embark on strike in support of the planned August 1 nationwide protest by some Nigerian youths.

The National Chairman of PTD-NUPENG, Comrade Augustine Egbon, in a statement on Wednesday, raised concerns that some forces were trying to infiltrate the union to promote the planned demonstration.

Egbon’s statement follows an online report attributed to a union member,…