The Trade Union Congress on Saturday gave conditions for the removal of fuel subsidies. The Federal Government has hinted that it may end the subsidy programme in June but the move has been opposed in several quarters. At the end of its National Executive Council, the TUC in a...
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has appealed to the federal government to reconsider the plan to remove oil subsidies for the interest of the workers. Mr Ikechukwu Nwafor, NLC chairman in Ebonyi, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abakaliki....
The Organisation of Muslim Unity (OMU) has appealed to the Federal Government not to remove fuel subsidy because of spiral adverse economic effects on citizens. The group however advised the govtnment to come up with a robust plan for economic sustainability. The OMU National Publicity Secretary, Dr Hadi Atanda,...
The Integrity Youth Alliance, a Civil Society Organisation has said that the leadership of the senate should be decisive on the proposed removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly called Petrol. It said that foot dragging on the subsidy removal was akin to postponing the obvious when...
Senate President Ahmed Lawan has assured Nigerians that subsidy on Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) will not be removed for now as being reported by some social and conventional media. Lawan stated this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari...
The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has resolved to hold a national protest on Feb. 1, 2022 against plans by the Federal Government to remove fuel subsidy. The decision is contained in a communique issued on Friday in Abuja and signed by NLC President,...
It is a common knowledge that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) recently rejected the Federal Government proposed N5, 000 for 40 million poor Nigerians when the subsidy on Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) is removed. While describing it as ‘nonsensical’ the argument that the complete surrender of the price of...
An Ondo State-based cleric, Pastor Adewale Giwa, has urged the Federal Government to pay more attention to fixing problems troubling the country rather than dissipating power on the 2023 general election. Senior Pastor Giwa of the Awaiting the Second Coming of Christ Ministry ( ATSCM), Akure, said this on...
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria has told the Federal Government that removing fuel subsidy will worsen the suffering of the majority of Nigerians who are already impoverished. The President of PFN, Bishop Wale Oke, urged the government to shelve the proposed policy in order not to worsen the hardship...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected a planned petrol price hike in the country and the Federal Government’s proposal to pay the sum of N5000 monthly to Nigerians as palliative. NLC President, Ayuba Wabba in a statement on Wednesday described the plan of the Federal Government as a...
The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has said the state governments are ready to support the Federal Government in the elimination of fuel subsidy regime. El-Rufai gave the assurance on Tuesday in Abuja, at the presentation of the World Bank Nigeria Development Update, November 2021 edition titled...