NLC Cautions Federal Government Against Removing Fuel Subsidy

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned the Federal Government against removing fuel subsidy in the country.

President of NLC, Ayuba Wabba

The President of NLC, Mr. Ayuba Wabba, argued in a statement on Tuesday that the disagreement between the Federal Government and the marketers on the exact amount of money owed the marketers, indicated that the current fuel scarcity could be a ploy to remove fuel subsidy Punch reports.

‎Wabba said the NLC’s opposition to the removal of the fuel subsidy had not changed.

He urged the Federal Government to settle debts owed marketers if any to address the issue of fuel scarcity and long fuel queues in the country.

The NLC President lamented that the long fuel scarcity had continued eat into the nation’s productive hours ‎as workers continued to spend long hours in search of fuel.

He stated that some people had taken advantage of the scarcity to exploit Nigerians, who were being made to p‎ay between N120 to N130 for a litre of fuel.

He said the Federal Government, which presides over the Petroleum Industry, had a responsibility to address the disturbing development.

He said, “This painful experience Nigerians have been subjected to has been exacerbated by the embarrassing tirade between the fuel marketers and the Federal Government, represented by the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on the actual amount owed the marketers

Wabba added that the NLC was worried about the worsening scarcity of fuel in Abuja, the South-West ‎and other states of the federation.

Meanwhile the congress has pushed for N90,000 as a minimum wage for workers in the country, saying that the five year operational period of the current N18,000 minimum wage would come to an end this year and it must be reviewed.

Source:-Naij