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Don't Patronise Fake Oil And Gas Bodies, NUPENG Cautions

 The leadership of our Union has identified fraudulent advertisements from  individuals falsely claiming to represent a dubious association of Transporters and Oil and Gas Marketers. The association urge the public and government institutions to be vigilant against these unscrupulous figures, who seek to exploit the current economic landscape following the removal of fuel subsidies. The Union reaffirms its support for recognized associations in the industry and urges all stakeholders to reject these miscreants and their deceptive practices.The open letter read thou; The attention of the leadership of our great Union has been drawn to some advertisements on news media of some unscrupulous and dangerous individuals claiming to be members of one amorphous association they claim is both Transporters and Marketers of the Oil and Gas at the same time, and we wish to state that this association is nothing but assemblage of failed Rent Seekers in the Subsidy Regime and Irredeemable Smugglers of Petroleum Products disguising as businessmen and women.The general public and government institutions are hereby warned and strongly . advised to be very wary of these individuals who are desperately seeking ways and means to continue to exploit Nigerians and collecting rents in other manners since the current administration removed subsidy from petroleum products and makesmuggling unprofitable for them.The leadership of our great Union recognizes National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) as the legitimate umbrella body of Transporters in the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry and Employers of Petroleum Tankers Drivers (PTD) of which our Union has Collective Bargaining Agreement with on behalf of Petroleum Tankers Drivers.We also recognize Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Major Energy Marketers Association of Nigeria (MEMAN) as well as Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) as legitimate marketers of Oil and Gas products. These are associations of Marketers that are well known and respected in the downstream sector of the Nigeria oil and gas industry.There is also no ambiguity in the fact that the Nigeria Labour laws only recognizeNigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Petroleum andNatural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) as the umbrella bodiesfor oil and gas Workers in Nigeria. These are the two organizations that represent andprotect the job interests of the Nigeria oil and gas workers including Petroleum lanker Drivers (PTD) as prescribed in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of NigerAFFILIATED TO THENIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS (NLC) & IndustriALL Global UnionRef:SUPPORT OUR DREAMGAS WORKERS We implore all well-meaning Nigerians and government officials whose names theseUsurpers and Rent Seekers are dropping to urgently disregard any invitation from them and publicly denounce them because they are purely mischief-makers, names Droppers and unscrupulous business individuals that can sell their families and countryfor money and are unfortunately part of those that plunge the country into the current economic woes and hardship that the country is currently battling and struggling with. Following numerous failed attempts to coerce our Union into collecting money for them at various petroleum depots, they have now resorted to these names-calling and cheap blackmail to further their insidious rent-seeking schemes.Our Solidarity remains Constant for the Union makes us strong!!!