It was observed that NNPC stations in Ikeja, Alausa were crowded by motorists who rushed to buy the product.
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IPMAN President, Chinedu Okoronkwo, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday.
The NGF Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja.
Sanusi, who was also a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria gave the support at “The PlatformNG60” organised by Covenant Christian Centre in Lagos, anchored by Pastor Poju Oyemade.
Dr George Akume, Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs in his speech at Inter-Ministerial Stakeholders meeting on Poverty Alleviation, said the initiative was also part of programmes to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty.
The umbrella body of all registered political parties and political associations in Nigeria in a statement signed by its Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu, said it has resolved, alongside a coalition of civil society organisations, to back the Trade Union Congress and Nigerian Labour Congress in the struggle for the reversal of the increments.
Also, they are not unaware of the fact that Nigerian masses are neither directly nor indirectly benefiting from the obsolete policy. Thirdly, put them in the same position and the same condition, they would not be any different.
Unegbu, a former President of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Friday.
The ex-Reps Member said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja.
The House Representatives at its special session on Monday had asked the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress to shelve its planned strike schedule to start on Wednesday
He said it is a necessary and inevitable policy of government in the interest of our economy, though temporarily painful
He said: “There is too much emotion around subsidy issue, but our focus is that the Federal Government should not spend as much as it spends every year on subsidy
Ahmad also advised the Federal Government to device other means of mitigating the challenges of fuel availability and affordability faced by Nigerians outside of the subsidy method
“As we speak, Premium Motor Spirit sells between N120 and N150 per litre in most places, depending on where it is available, as against the official pump price of N87 per litre,” he said