Minister urges Nigerians not to panic over fuel scarcity

The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, on Thursday in Abuja urged Nigerians not to panic over the current fuel scarcity in the country.
Wogu made the call while speaking with newsmen on the ongoing strike by the oil and gas sectors.
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers on Monday shut down operations nationwide.
The unions had shut down operations nationwide over alleged irregular funding of their pen­sion scheme, which had led to about N85 billion deficit.
Other demands of the workers are the call for immediate steps to carry out Turn Around Maintenance on the four refineries as agreed between government and the two unions and restoration of crude supply to the refineries
Wogu said that talks were still ongoing with the management of the Nigerian National Petro­leum Corporation and the in-house unions of PEN­GASSAN and NUPENG.
He said: “Everything is under control.
“Discussions are going on.
“Talks started yesterday and are still on.
“There should be no need for panic buying of fuel and I am positive that the issue will be resolved soon.”
Most filling stations in Abuja are not selling the commodity while there are long queues at the few stations selling.