Over the years, the National Labour Congress (NLC) has called into question the distribution of fuel subsidies and demanded that the recipients of the funds be made public.
According to news reports, the NLC has set Wednesday as the start date for a statewide strike in protest of the country’s unexpectedly high gas prices.
In an interview with Arise Television on Sunday night, Comrade Joe Ajaero, the president of the NLC, demanded that the administration of President Bola Tinubu explain which businesses had received subsidies.
“We need to know who these subsidies were paid to and what the funds were used for.
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“Can we have the names of the people and companies that collected these subsidies? We have agreed on some alternatives before now, why are those alternatives not working?” He asked.
He also expressed disappointment following meeting between the government and the NLC on Sunday, June 4.
According to him, no progress was made during the meeting because “the government did not seem interested in the NLC’s position regarding the fuel pump price increase resulting from the removal of fuel subsidies by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu”.
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