As regards the recent fuel hike in price, Labour still insists they will be going on strike despite incessant begging from the Federal Government, as a matter of fact, not everyone supports the move for a strike action, I need Labour to look at the bigger picture, if we can recall our Telecommunication industry, I remember my MTN sim was bought for N12,000 but 12 years after we can get a sim card free. MTN milked us dry making us believe per second billing was unachieveable until Glo came. We see the competition in the industry today.
I still feel there is more to be tapped in the oil and gas industry, if only this same people supported the removal of subsidy 4 years ago by now we would have gotten used to it.
Labour should please stand down, because in recent years when we have this kind of issue, they are settled behind closed doors. It is assumed that they are fighting for the general public but it's the other way round.
The Federal Government has appealed to workers’ unions to shelve their proposed strike over the new petrol price of N145 per litre.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the appeal at an interactive session with journalists in Abuja on Monday.
Mohammed said the new price was introduced for the country to survive as government could no longer afford the foreign exchange spent by the NNPC to import petrol.
According to him, the nation’s earnings had dropped to about 550 million dollars because of the fall in the price of crude oil, and government needed about that amount to import fuel.
“If we continue along this line, we will get to a point where the country will be completely broke.
“That is why this policy has become absolutely necessary and we have no option.
“We are therefore seeking the understanding of all Nigerians and appealing to the organised labour to sheathe their sword.
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