President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has urged the Nigeria
Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, to “abort” the planned
protests against the Federal Government’s proposed removal of fuel subsidy.
Lawan described the planned nationwide protest as “totally
unnecessary”.
He made the appeal on Monday when he met with the Minister
of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; and the Minister of
State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, over the planned removal of
subsidy on petroleum products by the Federal Government.
Lawan faulted the timing for the planned removal of subsidy
on petroleum products.
He stated that in as much as the administration and
management of subsidy on petroleum products are flawed, President Muhammadu
Buhari-led government believes that sufficient planning must be carried out
before its eventual removal.
He said, “The position of everyone in government today is
that admittedly, subsidy administration and management are flawed because of so
many reasons.
“Admittedly, the burden is huge and massive and there is a
need at one point to do away with the subsidy.
“Even though our economy is growing, we still have the
challenge of getting things to be better for our people.
“A lot of us in this administration believe that the issue
of removal of subsidy should be handled with utmost care, especially that
sufficient planning needs to be done.
“It is not about NLC, we are talking about every Nigerian.
We are concerned beyond the Nigeria Labour Congress.
“I am taking this opportunity to appeal to the TUC and NLC
to shelve this plan to go on strike or demonstration, it is totally
unnecessary.
“There is not going to be a removal of subsidy, so there is
no need for this. Please, let’s not create unnecessary tension where there
should be none.
“I appeal to them using this medium, to please forget about
this January 27, 2022, deadline because there is no need for any deadline.”
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