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Ex-Edo Commissioner Cautions NLC On Planned Strike
A former Edo Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr. Joe Atohegbe, has appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to shelve its planned nationwide strike and protest against fuel subsidy removal.
Atohegbe made the appeal while addressing newsmen on Thursday in Benin.
He urged the Federal Government to live up to its responsibility by ensuring that the proceeds from the fuel subsidy were judiciously used for people-oriented projects. The former commissioner said that the subsidy removal would lead to massive investment in the construction of refineries across the country and for the repairs of the existing ones.
According to him, petroleum products will also be made available throughout the country, while at the same time providing massive employment to the teeming youths in the country.
“If each of the refineries, when constructed and maintained, employs about 2,000 persons, it will help in cushioning the negative effects of the subsidy.” While calling on government to hands off fixing pump prices of the product, he said that the prices should be left to be determined by market forces. The former commissioner called on the government to urgently privatise the existing refineries in the country. He urged the president to embark on massive reconstruction and construction of federal roads across the country and to improve power supply. Atehogbe also said that the availability of power in the country within the next six months would boost the economy and improve the living condition of the people.
Also speaking, a legal practitioner and investment banker, Mr Chris Eromosele, urged the Federal Government to channel proceeds from the subsidy to establish more refineries.
According to him, the prices of petroleum products will continue to go up unless more refineries are built across the country.
He appealed to Nigerians, especially the organised labour, to give the president and his government time.
Eromosele said that the president should be given six months to achieve positive impact on the subsidy removal. “If I were a member of the union, that is what I will advise, that is why I said Nigerians should exercise patience,” he said.
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