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

President of the 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.

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.

“This protracted haggling by this major stakeholders even on the total amount owed, points to a conspiracy that perhaps, the scarcity may have been ignited by those clamouring for the removal of
subsidy on petroleum.

”Our position on this has not changed as we remain
opposed to the removal of petroleum subsidy.
“If government is truly owing marketers, they should pay them immediately as the long queues at fuel stations have led to loss of lots of productive hours since workers are either unable to get to work or spend long hours searching for fuel.

“The scarcity has also led to sharp practices with
workers paying between N120 to N130 per litre at
some filling stations. For those commuting by public transport, they now pay more to get to work even when there are no increases in salaries.”

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



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"Subsidy is fraud" "Subsidy is scam" "There is no subsidy"

'subsidy'
That's a controversial word in Nigeria!