WARRI- EX-MILITANT leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, Friday, called on the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Trade Union Congress, TUC, and the civil societyto call off their nationwide strike over the removal of fuel subsidy by theFederal Government, saying, it was not in the best interest of the nation.
In a press statement issued in Warri, he said, “Fuel subsidy is a government policy that was put in place to reduce the pump price of imported petrol from the landing cost (which is very high) to an affordable price by the citizens.
“Secondly, the actions of government will kick-start the long awaited deregulation of the petroleum industry for a very competitive market for better services.
For instance, if our refineries are working in full capacity and new ones are built under this new policy, then pump price of petrol (PMS) will be lower than N65 per litre”, he asserted
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