Electricity union dares FG expose sponsors of pipeline vandalism

The Nigeria Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) Thursday challenged the federal government to fish out sponsors and masterminds behind pipeline vandalism in the country.

Comrade Joe Ajaero, factional President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), disclosed this at the 3rd Triennial Conference held at
Wallan Hotel, Ibadan.

According to him, power plants in Nigeria are gas-fired thermal plants and inadequate gas supply has largely been responsible for the suboptimal performance of the plants.

“30 years ago till now we are still talking about vandals and no solutions to it. Who are those people breaking pipelines?, and when
they do the government will award contract for it to be fixed again. Why can’t government identify who is breaking it and how much is been used to repair it again?

“Let government come out to tell us how much they are using to repair broken pipelines and who are the sponsors of pipeline vandalism? When these questions are answered then there will be solution to it. Nigeria is one of the countries that is suffering from power poverty because the international best practice is that for where you have one million you must have 1,000 Megawatts, but here we have 3,000 Megawatts for 170 million people.”