Fuel Subsidy: Tinubu Failed to Listen to Us, Nigerians Now Protest – NLC
The Nigerian Labour Congress has berated President Bola Tinubu for failing to listen to advice and carry out a thorough consultation before he decided to remove subsidy on petroleum.
Comrade Benson Upah, NLC Head of Information and Publicity, raised his concern on AIT on Wednesday when he said that the missteps of the current administration led to the call for a nationwide protest.
Upah stated, “Had the government listened to us, it would not have found itself where it is today.”
The NLC official also said that President Bola Tinubu violate the Appropriation Act which allowed the subsidy on petroleum to remain in place till June, 2023.
Tinubu had on 29 May announced the removal of subsidy on the very essential commodity.
“When the President (Tinubu) announced the subsidy removal, he violated the Appropriation Act. What he did that day was a violation of the Appropriation Act because subsidy was supposed to run till the end of June,” Upah said.
“A serious parliament should have questioned him on this error,” he added.
“The President killed an opportunity to discuss with us and other stakeholders, opting instead to listen to only one side of the story—the Bretton Woods Institutions,” Upah added.
“There were instances of over-invoicing where inflated costs were passed onto the public,” Upah revealed. “The President should have tackled these crimes instead of prematurely removing the subsidy.”
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