The Nigeria Labour Congress has warned
the Federal Government against any surreptitious move to increase the
price of petroleum products in the country.
NLC President, Mr. Abdulwahed Omar,
warned in a statement on Friday that any increase in the price of fuel
would lead to a crisis as the congress would call out Nigerians to
resist it.
Omar called on President Goodluck
Jonathan to focus government attention on the need to frontally tackle
the corruption that had held the nation’s oil sector hostage.
He urged the President to ensure the
prosecution of those indicted for subsidy fraud and the diversion of
N1.7tn funds meant for the industry, rather than venturing into a total
removal of petroleum subsidy, which he said would not be resisted.
He faulted the President’s claim that
local refining of petroleum products could only be effectively carried
out by private sector operators, stressing that the nation’s refineries
were effectively managed until they came under a regime of corruption
foisted on them by corrupt government officials.
He warned that any increase in the
prices of petroleum products would culminate in a crisis that would
surpass the last January anti-fuel price hike demonstration.
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