The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has called on the Federal Government to reimburse the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for the expenses it incurred on payment of subsidy,
Arising from its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Warri, Delta State, PENGASSAN said the NNPC had continued to shoulder the responsibility of providing products to close gaps created by the withdrawal of other marketers owing to the non-payment of subsidy claims from 2015 to 2017.
In a communique by PENGASSAN President Comrade Francis Olabode Johnson and General Secretary Comrade Lumumba Okugbawa, the union said the extra burden absorbed by the NNPC was depleting its finances and hampering the effective discharge of its statutory obligations. The senior staff trade union, therefore, called on the government to reimburse the huge payments made within the period under review.
SOURCE: THE NATIONS
