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President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said that the government will take measures to maintain the current pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, in the country without a reversal of its policy on subsidy removal. The President also said that the threat by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to shut down the economy over rumoured […]
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Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, Thursday, said his administration was considering going in the direction of electric vehicles for mass transportation to mitigate the effect of fuel subsidy removal on the people. Speaking shortly after his inspection and test-drive of two electric vehicles presented by Ajaere Motors and Jet Motor Company at Government House, […]
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The Kano State chapter, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC has joined the nationwide protest with call on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to deal decisively with the criminal content of subsidy instead of exposing the ordinary citizens to avoidable pain and hardship. The Chairman, Kabiru Inuwa who led the organized labour in the protest to present it […]
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The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has spoken about the outcome of the meeting with President Bola Tinubu. Daily Trust had reported how Tinubu met with the organisers of Wednesday’s nationwide protest. Giving an insight on what transpired at the meeting, NLC President, Joe Ajaero, said Tinubu assured Nigerians that his government would […]
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Kwara State governor and chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has said the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led federal government opted for the fuel subsidy removal as a lesser evil to other policies that were considered to redirect the country’s economy. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting in Ilọrin, the state capital, the governor […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Uba Sani of Kaduna state, has described the proposed cash transfer policy of the Federal Government as a scam. Sani stated this while speaking in an interview with Arise Television’s News Night on Friday. The governor said, “My position has always been that, at this critical time, cash transfer should not be something that […]
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The position of Abia State Government on how soon the state’s list of beneficiaries of fuel subsidy palliative, is not yet known. Some officials of the Government who were contacted by our Correspondent declined to comment on the subject matter as the official position of the Government on the issue is yet to be taken. […]
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The President, Bola Tinubu, has written to the National Assembly seeking an amendment to the 2022 supplementary appropriation Act. The amendment, he said, was to allow the Federal Government to source N500 billion for palliative to cushion the effect of subsidy removal. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, read the president’s letter […]
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• Receives Commendations from Oyinlola and Stakeholders The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has disclosed plans by his government to launch palliatives to cushion the impact of subsidy removal, declaring his administration’s readiness to make life easy for residents of Osun state. Former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola and other stakeholders of the party […]
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Operators within the downstream oil and gas sector have said the federal government has racked in N400 billion due to fuel subsidy removal in the last 30 days. On Friday, Chinedu Okonkwo, National President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, disclosed this in an interview. Recall that in a meeting with oil and […]
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