Peoples Gazette
Africa’s most populous nation will be postponing the evil day if it does not resolve the issue of fuel subsidy removal, says the Nigeria Governors’Forum (NGF).
“Not tackling the problem now is tantamount to postponing the evil day. Finding succour for the ordinary Nigerian at this time is absolutely imperative and necessary now more than ever,” said the forum’s chairman Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti.
He stated this when he met with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) leadership in Abuja.
The statement quoted Mr Fayemi saying that the nation’s economy was at the precipice and that it had become necessary for the NGF and organised the labour to verify the claim on fuel subsidy by the Nigeria National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC).
“Fayemi said that subsidy removal has remained an ongoing conversation not just among governors but the entire country. Hence the governors must be part of the solution providers,” added the statement. “This is because there are raging questions of accountability associated with the issue of subsidy removal in the country.”
The statement further stated that the NGF and the NLC could work together to proffer solutions to heal the economy and provide succour to the Nigerian people.
“Nigerian governors can not ignore the economics of petroleum. This is because all the countries surrounding Nigeria, including Niger, Mali, Cameroon, and Ghana, have their fuel pump price that is equivalent to a U.S. dollar, while Nigeria has a pump price that is far less than a dollar,” it added.
