The state governments, through their Commissioners for Finance had last week mooted the idea of the removal of subsidy from petroleum products
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While seven persons were reported dead in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, three died at the Liberation Stadium in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and another two in Minna, Niger State
The familiar trend of periodic scarcity of fuel is simply unacceptable. Nigeria remains about the sixth largest oil producing country in the world and “giant of Africa,” and one ordinarily expects this to translate to great fortune and comfort for the average Nigerian. Unfortunately this has not been the case as majority of the masses have remained impoverished in the midst of plenty
It will recalled that that the Presidential Committee on Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Agencies, Commissions and Parastatals had on April 16, 2012 recommended the reduction of 263 statutory commissions to 161
Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, the TUC President, Bobboi Kaigama, described the development as a pointer to the fact that the government was listening to constructive criticism
Kaigama said the country’s leaders should desist from blaming the military for the rot in the country
“As an organisation interested in protecting and promoting workers’ welfare, we feel that such fears and the resultant order would not arise if governments at all levels are committed, upright, and honest in their dealings
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And the outcome of the Conference must represent the best wishes of the average Nigerian.
While the Congress commends the calibre of most of the people that have so far been chosen to be members of the Conference Advisory Committee, we also feel that it is important the organised labour, TUC and Nigeria Labour Congress, be involved
A statement on Sunday by the TUC said the protest has become necessary since it is obvious government was going ahead with the plan
The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress at a press briefing told newsmen that the development was capable of eroding the earning power of Nigeria’s vulnerable workers
The statement reads: “It is disheartening that while the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and other Nigerians are yet to recover from the shock occasioned by the crisis that brewed after Nigeria’s Governors Forum elections, another shocker has come from the honourable members of Rivers State House of Assembly within the last couple of days
The statement reads: “The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria is highly disturbed by the various strikes embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities and their counterpart in the polytechnics
The TUC said while it was not against the move to review the 1999 constitution, it foresees the handing over of wages to state governments creating more industrial crisis in the country