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  • FG will not increase fuel price in 2013 – Omar

    FG will not increase fuel price in 2013 – Omar

    President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Abdulwahed Omar, on Tuesday assured Nigerians that the Federal Government would not increase the price of petrol in the New Year.

    Omar, who gave the assurance in a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, said that already the masses were facing a lot of hardship, adding that the government would not want to add to their sufferings.

    According to him, any further increase in the prices of petroleum products could result in violent protest by the masses, and the government would not want that to happen.

    “Generally, Nigerians should expect a good year in 2013. We don’t expect sudden surprises from the government like we had early this year.

    “I don’t think government would be disposed to doing that because if you look at it, the hardship Nigerians are enduring now is slightly higher than what they were enduring at the end of last year.

    “So, I think it would be unthinkable for government to want to compound the problems of the common man.

    “So, let us hope that 2013 is going to come with good hopes and with a lot of prospects for everybody in this country,’’ Omar told NAN.

    The union president said Nigerians should not expect anything from the NLC, but should hope for many good things from the government.

    He urged the government not to sack any worker, saying that it would not solve Nigeria’s economic problems.

     

  • Activists threaten mass action over ‘fuel price’

    A human rights group, the Joint Action Front (JAF), yesterday urged the Federal Government to restore adequate supply of petroleum products at N97 or face mass action.

    In a statement by its Chairperson Dr Dipo Fashina and Secretary Comrade Abiodun Aremu, JAF also demanded immediate relief to flood victims, urging Nigerians to resist what it called policies of privatisation, deregulation and food crisis.

    The group said Nigerians should be alerted to a surreptitious plot by the Federal Government and oil marketers to impose a new price regime for petroleum products, thereby artificially inducing and encouraging scarcity of petrol, kerosene and diesel and its attendant hike in prices across the country.

    It said filling stations, including Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) branded outlets sell petrol at N110 to N140 per litre instead of the official price of N97, while kerosene is sold at N120 – N150 a litre instead of N50.