The Nigeria Labour Congress,( NLC,) has warned that those pushing for subsidy removal desist from such, as that is akin to setting the country on fire.
The warning came against the backdrop of an announcement that the outgoing government of President Muhammadu Buhari had left the decision of petrol subsidy removal to the in-coming administration..
According to NLC, the focus should be on the local refining of petroleum products and not subsidy removal. The General Secretary of NLC, Mr. Emma Ugboaja, made the body’s position known in a chat with newsmen in Lagos.
Mr. Ugboaja said that nobody should drag Nigerian masses and workers into any increase in fuel price in the name of subsidy. He insisted that organized labour would not accept a hike in petrol price in the name of subsidy removal.
