The GOIL Tanker Drivers Union has distanced itself from a planned sit-down strike to protest the poor condition of the Valco Roundabout-Kpone road in Tema.
The chairman of the union, Martin Kwame Asare, told Energy News Africa that members of the union would not participate in the planned strike, reportedly scheduled to begin on Sept. 1, 2026.
Asare said the GOIL Tanker Drivers Union was a separate entity and was not affiliated with any other tanker drivers’ union.
He said the union operated directly under the Trades Union Congress (TUC).
“There is an intended sit-down strike for tanker drivers. I am saying on authority that the drivers of GOIL Tanker Drivers are not part of that intended strike. We are a separate entity,” he said.
He urged GOIL tanker drivers to disregard calls to join the strike and report for work from Sept. 1.
“We, tanker drivers of GOIL, we are not part from 1st September, 2nd September, 3rd September, we are not part. I am urging my members to go and do their work,” he said.
Asare also warned that any attempt by other tanker driver unions to prevent GOIL drivers from loading fuel at any depot would be resisted by his members.
The planned sit-down strike is reportedly being organised by some tanker drivers to protest the poor condition of the Valco Roundabout-Kpone road, a key route for fuel haulage in Tema’s industrial enclave.
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