Federal Government has been called upon to declare state of emergency in the oil and gas sectors for the benefit of the country.
The National President, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Comrade F.O Johnson, made the call while chatting with Daily Trust during public presentation and lunching of the book ,"Reciter's Guide" in National Mosque, in Abuja, yesterday.
"Declaring state of emergency is the key because the problems are enormous; there is issue of pipeline vandalism and the issue of oil theft among other challenges", he said.
According to him, the gesture would address all the challenges facing oil and gas sectors.
He established that the state of emergency would find the lasting solutions to the lingering crises that rocked the sectors.
He said that it would make all the stakeholders in the sectors to be committed, sincere and honest in addressing the issues regarding oil and gas sectors.
He insisted that by so doing the stakeholders would proffer solutions that would make the issues of oil and gas the thing of the past.
Comrade Johnson who said they were satisfied with the commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari in tackling the issues of oil and gas.
But he insisted that there should be a synergy between government and PENGASSAN to achieve the desired goal in the oil and gas sectors.
He however said the major challenges facing the association included fall of fuel price, pipeline vandalism, crude oil theft, the state of refineries, and abuse of local content among others.
Source: All Africa News
