The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has provided further details about the resolution of last night’s meeting between the Federal Government and labour, highlighting that decision included steps to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal on the people. Gbajabiamila, who will assume duty as Chief of Staff to the President next week after …

A politician and business man, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has appealed to the labour movement and other social groups to accept the removal of the subsidy on petroleum product as a painful surgical procedure instituted to excruciate a dangerous cancerous cell in the life of a patient in order to save the critically ill. In a statement from his media office …

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has declared industrial action over the removal of fuel subsidy. The pump price of fuel tripled after President Bola Tinubu declared that fuel subsidy was gone. The NNPC Limited had directed its retail station to jerk up the price of fuel per litre from N197 to between N488 and N570. The Nigeria Labour …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has debunked speculations that it might back down on its proposed industrial action slated nationwide for Wednesday. It said the only reason it would shelve the strike is if the Federal Government and NNPC Limited reverse fuel subsidy removal. NLC failed to attend Sunday evening’s meeting with the Federal Government on the removal of fuel …

The Public Affairs Service of CMC Connect LLP, a leading communications consultancy, has counselled the Bola Tinubu administration to channel fuel subsidy funds into investment in public infrastructure, education, health care, agriculture, and jobs creation, among other critical areas. In its advisory on the fuel subsidy tango between the government, labour and the citizens, the firm, which however disagreed with …

Nigerians have been advised to embrace cycling as alternative means of transportation in the midst of fuel subsidy removal in the country. At the celebration of the 2023 World Bicycle Day on Saturday, Oyo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Joshua Adekanye said that it is advisable for the general public to make use of bicycles …

Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Limited, Malam Mele Kyari has said that contrary to speculations, the Muhammadu Buhari administration did not make provisions for petroleum subsidy in the 2023 budget. At a meeting with the Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led APC National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress, held at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja earlier today, Kyari said: “There …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is under fire for announcing that petrol subsidy is gone from Day One. His inauguration address also touched on a unified currency exchange, high interest rate and power, among others. Of all these, however, the one that got the headlines was petrol subsidy and the most frequently expressed concern, is why now? To say, in his …

Former Ekiti State governor, Mr, Ayodele Fayose has said that President Bola Tinubu has taken the best and wisest decision for the collective good of Nigeria and its people on the removal of fuel subsidy. During his inaugural speech on Monday, the President said that the subsidy is no longer sustainable in Nigeria, stressing that it is gone.’ Fayose, a …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has tasked President Bola Tinubu to ensure the speedy execution of all his policies for the betterment of the country. While congratulation him on Tuesday in Akure, the Ondo State capital, the state NLC chapter Chairman, Mr Oladele Amoko advised President Tinubu to ensure that the removed fuel subsidy funds do not end up in …