The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has heavily descended on the Federal Government of Nigeria.
This comes after the FG stated that a new pump price for Petrol will be effective soon and according to the union, this clearly shows it has no mercy for the poor in the country.
The announcement of the proposed new prices of petrol was made by the Federal Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva at the launch of the Nigerian Upstream Cost Optimisation Programme in Abuja.
The TUC reacted to the minister’s submission in a recent statement which is titled, ‘Why are you always quick to tell us about rise in crude price?’ and it reads;
“The question is why is government always quick to tell us about the rise in the price of crude in the international market and the need to increase the price of PMS; but it takes them weeks, and sometimes months to implement the agreement reached with the organised labour? It all points to one thing: they have no mercy for the poor people of this country.
In every move and statement by government officials, you could see and feel their care-free attitude and indifference to our plight. It appears they are not disturbed by the poverty-ridden plight of Nigerians and the unemployment/insecurity situation that their obnoxious policies have created in the country. There is nothing honorable about what the minister has said.
Nigeria is among the six oil-producing countries in the world. Reports have it that our oil is one of the best, giving us an edge over others, unfortunately, we have not taken advantage of that. We have four refineries that are not functional. Why are they not functional and why is the government closing its eyes to it? Their refusal to attend to them is the reason why the country is subjected to the vagaries and volatility of the price of crude in the international market.
Nigeria is now depending on Dangote and Niger Republic refineries to supply us fuel! Dangote is an individual while the Niger Republic is far less than Lagos in population. The pain the masses of the country bear is a needless one. It is artificially created.”
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