Chai! Na wetin be this wey AA Rano wan do so? The petrol station workers don gather give their mind on top di new plan wey go bring fully automated and unmanned fuel stations. Dem dey call themselves Concerned Petrol Station Workers, and dem no wan make this plan fly at all. Dem dey fear say if dem implement am without proper check, e fit lead to plenty unemployed youths and wahala wey no dey end.
AA Rano don announce say dem go launch dis automated stations dis January, wey go dey run full 24-hour self-service fuel system. Dem talk say di stations go use contactless payment, real-time monitoring technology and automated dispensing systems. Abeg, wetin una think say happen to our pump attendants wey dey work day and night? Dem fit just vanish from di picture like say dem no dey exists at all!
Comrade Ibrahim Zango, di Convener of di Concerned Petrol Station Workers and also Rights Advocate, don talk say dis na very bad move. E believe say plenty young Nigerians wey dey hustle as attendants fit lose dem job. E talk say as we dey fight economic hardship and unemployment wey dey bad as e be, dis kind of job-killing technology no go fit solve our issues, e go just make am worse. E no make sense at all, my people!
Zango dey vex as e dey reason di matter, e emphasize say many families dey rely on di earnings from petrol station jobs. He even talk say if dem open any AA Rano fuel station, make we just imagine di number of attendants wey go lose dem means of survival. Na wetin be our future? E no dey easy, and dem don spend years for dis job, so how dem go fit just push dem out without any plan?
Di man no dey against technology, but he dey shout say innovation no suppose come from di angle wey go cut people’s livelihood. E call for stronger policies from di Federal Government and di regulatory authorities wey go protect workers as we dey run this new technological era. As dem dey build dis innovations, e no suppose make persons finish dem chance to carry di future for hin shoulder.
Zango also dey reason say AA Rano management suppose consider di human side of di innovation. E remind dem say many petrol station attendants wey dey today, one time dem dey begin like dem chairman. E talk say na dialogue between di company, di workers, and di regulatory bodies go fit clear di air before dem go start di project. Dem gatz sit down talk am well before e go turn wahala!
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