Many fuel depots could soon run out of fuel as the Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union embarked on an indefinite strike.
The aggrieved drivers declared an indefinite strike to force the government to take a look at their conditions of service. According to the Union, a policy framework that was meant to enhance their conditions of service has remained unattended to since November 2023.
Sunday Alabi, the Vice President of the tanker drivers union told Citi News that a letter to the Office of the President last week has not been replied to.
“We wrote a petition to the Presidency last week to have the framework approved but we have not heard anything yet and that is why we are embarking on the sit-down strike because the livelihood of our drivers is so bad,” Sunday Alabi revealed.
He added that the petroleum sector will be the major causality as no petrol would be transported during the strike. Sunday Alabi added that they cannot continue working and be suffering while others relax and enjoy.
“Just like the saying goes, ‘electricity no get leg, ebe copper wire wey dey carry am go,’ the petroleum downstream sector does not have leg, it is the tanker drivers that carry it and so we cannot be suffering and the rest will be enjoying and so long as they resist to approve the framework, we will not resume work.”