The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees has appealed to the Federal Government to stop the Nigerian Navy from destroying refining sites tagged “illegal” in the Niger Delta.
Its President, Ambali Olatunji, said this at a news conference at the end of its National Executive Council meeting.
According to Olatunji on Wednesday in Abuja, the NEC-in-Session resolved that the union should call on President Bola Tinubu to prevail on the Nigerian Navy to stop destroying some refining sites in the Niger Delta region.
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He said: “Destroying those sites has no benefits whatsoever for the country’s oil and gas sector as well as for Nigerians at large.
“Instead of destroying those refining sites, they should be licensed properly and mandated to pay taxes.
“This will create job opportunities and be sources of revenue earnings.”
Olatunji also called on the Federal Government to consider licensing more modular refineries that have the capacity to refine crude oil.
“If the multinationals are leaving the country, we should encourage individuals that are willing and capable to do it in Nigeria,” he said, adding: “If we can work on those areas, coupled with minimum wage, the effects of fuel subsidy removal will go down.”
The NULGE president also said NEC-in-Session took note of the hardship occasioned by fuel subsidy removal.
He therefore called on the President to mitigate the effects by creating Compress Natural Gas centres across the country.
Olatunji also called on the President and the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage to arrive at an acceptable minimum wage for workers
On security, he urged the Federal Government to allow local governments to implement community policing in protecting the lives and property of the citizens within their jurisdiction.
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