TUC Seeks Monarch’s Intervention In Fayose, Oil Marketers Face-Off
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Ekiti state has called on the traditional rulers as a matter of urgency to wade into disagreement between state government and oil marketers before the matter degenerates into a full blown economic problem that could have pernicious effects on the well being of the masses.
Speaking with journalists Wednesday in Ekiti, the TUC Chairman in the state, Com. Odunayo Adesoye said the situation whereby the black marketers are hawking the product openly as lamentable, describing the development not only worrisome but dangerous because of the inflammability of the petroleum product.
Dwelling on the effects of the development on the workforce, Adesoye said that it has prevented many of his colleagues in the civil service from performing their statutory duties and appealed to the striking oil marketers to return to work as the crisis may end up destabilizing the economy if not resolved amicably.
The TUC boss added that the organized labour in the state will wade into the impasse with the intention to spread olive branch to the warring factions for expeditious resolution of the logjam.
“The situation is becoming more dangerous than ever imagined because petrol is now being stored everywhere by black marketers and this can trigger fire outbreak. The security agencies must rise to the occasion. How can someone be hawking petrol like water? This doesn’t portray a good omen.
“The government must caution them. That we are having a bad situation like this doesn’t mean we should tolerate criminality and lawlessness. The way out of this logjam is for the government and oil marketers to negotiating table. They have to do this as soon as possible in overriding public interest because we have no other state to call our own.
“Businesses are shutting down, things are becoming unbearable because of fuel scarcity, so all stakeholders must rise up to settle this crisis”, Adesoye said.
