The Federal Government has declared that the shutdown of the national power transmission facilities in Osogbo and Ikeja Disco by some trade unionists is an economic sabotage, warning that pipeline vandals and power infrastructure saboteurs will be punished.
The Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the warning in Abuja on Sunday in a statement issued by his Special Adviser, Segun Adeyemi.
He said that repeated attacks on oil and gas pipelines and wilful shutdown of power facilities by protesters have combined to drastically reduce power generation/transmission and fuel supplies.
He warned that government would not 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.
“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,” he said.
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