Electricity unionists are economic saboteurs, FG says

The Federal Government has condemned the shutdown of the national electricity transmission facility in Osogbo and Ikeja Disco by some unionists.

Describing them as acts of economic sabotage, the federal government warned that pipeline vandals and power infrastructure saboteurs will be punished severely.

This was stated by the Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by his Special Adviser, Segun Adeyemi.

According to the minister, the repeated attacks on oil and gas pipelines and willful shutdown of power/electricity facilities by protesters amount to economic sabotage, adding that these have drastically reduced power generation/transmission and fuel supplies.

He warned that no government would tolerate saboteurs.

“Vandals, whatever their motives are, cannot and will not be treated with kid-gloves because their actions constitute a clear and present danger to the nation’s economic, social and political well being.

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“The attack on the Forcados Export Terminal that has affected gas production by oil firms and reduced gas supply to power generating plants and the shutdown of the Utorogu gas plant are totally condemnable and cannot be allowed to continue.

“Also, while this administration will not do anything to abridge the constitutional rights of any individual or group to carry out protests, it will also not tolerate a situation in which anyone will hide under the guise of legitimate protests to sabotage power infrastructure.

“The shutdown of the national transmission facility in Osogbo and the Ikeja Disco by some unionists amount to economic sabotage,” Mohammed said.

 

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