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The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) at the weekend gave the Federal Government hard knocks for the incessant fuel crises in the country, saying it was caused by misplaced priorities. President of NUPENG, William Akporeha, speaking during the fifth quadrennial delegates’ conference of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) branch of the union held in Ibadan, Oyo State, said scarcity of fuel in the country was never caused by the drivers but the Nigerian government’s negligence and ineptitude. “If the product is available, my members will move it and they are ready to distribute the products 24 hours. Hence scarcity is not caused by drivers but government’s misplaced priority,” he said. The NUPENG boss opined that if the government does not take seriously the issue of refining petroleum products locally, Nigeria will continue to experience scarcity of the products. “It does not take rocket science to build refinery. What can our members do, if Nigeria still relies on importation of the products we can conveniently produce at our backyards? “What have Niger Delta state governments done with the product they have at their backyard, why must they continue to rely on refineries built over three decades agao?” he queried.