The National Chairman of Independent Marketers’ Branch of NUPENG, Comrade Ogbodo Thompson, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the leakages in the oil sector as a way of tackling corruption.
Comrade Ogbodo whose executive members were returned unopposed at the third quadrennial delegates conference in Benin City at the weekend said there must be total reforms in the sector.
“You know that in a place where there is a kind of cabal or syndicate operating, it will be difficult or take a long time for such to be investigated. We have to identify who these syndicates are and until such persons are identified, not much can be realised and we cannot move forward. I will advise that the current administration does a thorough investigation and carries out a reform in the NNPC, this I believe will help us as a nation.
“With his stake, I believe our pipelines will work; subsidy or no subsidy, private depots or no private depots, I just pray that they don’t lure him into the racket and if they don’t, he will provide better leadership”, he said.
NUPENG National President, Comrade Achese Igwe, urged delegates to take issues of the union seriously. Represented by the second Deputy National President, Comrade Asuquo, Igwe tasked members to help bring the needed change into the energy sector.