Eid-el-Fitr: PTD National Chair, Deputy commends Muslims

The National Chairman of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of NUPENG, Comrade Lucky Osesua and his Deputy, Comrade Dayyabu Garga have congratulated Muslims especially their members in the Union on the conclusion of the Ramadan fast.

In their jointly signed Sallah message to mark the end of the Ramadan fasting period, the tanker drivers' leaders stressed the importance of putting the virtues of Islam into practice beyond the fasting season.

While congratulating their members who are Muslims on completing “this spiritually significant month of sacrifice,” the Chairman and his deputy urged them to reflect on the importance of Ramadan in becoming good ambassadors of Islam and also in their duty in the distribution of petroleum products across the length and breadth of the country at all times.

According to the duo, “religion should be the moral compass for all believers in their public and personal lives,” adding that “if people allow the teachings of their religions to influence their conducts, problems such as corruption, greed, betrayal, lack of patriotism and loyalty which divert public funds to private pockets, would have been eliminated in the society.”

They also used the occasion to call on all Tanker Drivers, Muslims, as well as all Nigerians to utilise this period to pray fervently for peace, unity, and socio-economic advancement in the nation.

The Union leaders also tasked the drivers to remain law-abiding and redouble their efforts by adding value to the economic activities in the country's downstream petroleum value chain.

Comrades Osesua and Garga further appealed to the PTD members not to allow themselves to be provoked under any presence nor neither should they seek self-help in pressing home their demands, but to comply with the directives of the judiciary and other law enforcement agents who have shown commitment to uphold the sanctity of the rule of law as permitted under a constitutional democracy.