Fuel Scarcity: NURTW Members Protest In Ondo

Fuel Scarcity Queue

James Sowole in Akure
The ongoing fuel scarcity in the country took a new dimension in Akure, Ondo State capital on Monday as members of the Ondo state Chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) protested, thereby disrupting traffic in the state capital.

Members of the union for almost two hours, prevented taxi and commercial vehicles from operating  especially on the popular Oba Adesida / Oyemekun Road.

The union members, who stayed at strategic places on the road, forced taxis that had conveyed passengers to discharge them even when some of them were pleased by the action.

As a result of this development, the commuters did not have any alternative but to continue on their journey by trekking while some who could not trek preferred to stay indoors.

However,  men of the Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Police moved in swiftly to ensure that the protest did not lead to breakdown of law and order.

A member of the union told THISDAY on condition of anonymity,  that they decided to embark on the protest because the fuel scarcity had brought untold hardship on them.

He said : " We have to protest,  the hardship is too much on us and we have to show that the government has to do something drastic about this matter, we are now buying a litre of petrol for as much as N200 and the federal government is stirring down there doing nothing about it. This is unfair."