The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has called on the government to take urgent steps toward addressing the growing level of poverty, hunger and unemployment in the country or brace up for social upheaval. The group gave the warning on Tuesday in a Communiqué issued in Port Harcourt at the end of its National Executive Council meeting.
The Communiqué which was signed by the President and Secretary, Igwe Achese and Joseph Ogbebor respectively also sought immediate reorganization of the security agencies in view of the growing rivalry.
“The meeting-in-session notes that the state of insecurity is a disincentive to investors, national unity and economic development and should therefore be immediately addressed through adequate use of modern intelligence gathering and technological security infrastructure. The NEC-in-Session further expresses serious concerns over the obvious unhealthy rivalry among the various arms of security agencies in the country as evident in series of missteps on issues of national security and fight against corruption.
The Council-in-session calls on President Mohammadu Buhari to immediately overhaul the entire national security apparatus for efficiency and cohesiveness to avoid anarchy. The current level of poverty, hunger and high rate of unemployment/ disguised employment in the country were of serious concerns to the NEC-in-Council.
The statement also berated the government's anti-corruption war, describing it as uncoordinated and blurred.
The NEC-in-Council notes with deep worries the emerging stories of apparent disjointed, uncoordinated and blurred war against corruption by the current administration. The police pension scam is a clear case of corruption within the war against corruption, it stinks to high heavens.”
