By Chris Ochayi

ABUJA— The Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, yesterday, debunked rumours making the rounds that its members were embarking on strike.

National Chairman of PTD, Comrade Salimon Oladiti, while debunking the purported industrial action in a statement, described it as false, unfounded and a figment of the imagination of the peddlers.

Oladiti explained that the union was dissociating itself from any form of industrial action and enjoined all members to continue in their effort to effectively distribute fuel products across the country.

Comrade Oladiti commended government’s effort at ameliorating the hardship faced by Nigerians in the wake of the fuel scarcity and thus warned any members that joined in any strike  did  so at his own risk.

He also informed of the successes recorded at the recent training  for over 1,000 members of the union in Lagos Area as a prelude to similar programmes in other parts of the country.

Oladiti called on all to be alive to their responsibilities and work assiduously in the interest of the nation.