The Nigeria Governors’ Forum, (NGF) have resolved to engage the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC on the proposed removal of fuel subsidy.
The Governors who met Thursday in Abuja said the meeting with the NLC on the issue has become imperative, adding that as stakeholders, they must be involved in order to arrive at a conclusion of ensuring that Nigerians at the end of the day would not be at the receiving end.
The Governors who also denied having any hand in the planned removal of subsidy, noted that as a private company as presently composed the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC is independent and cannot be dictated to on how to carry out its activities.
Governor Kayode Fayemi, who addressed Journalists after the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) meeting said “The forum also discussed the issue around petroleum subsidy and concluded to engage the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress on how best to address this issue without causing any disaffection but with a view to salvaging the Nigerian economy for the Nigerian people at the end of the day.
“So we shall be engaging the Nigerian Labour Congress, as sub national leaders and with a view to ensuring that the outcome of our engagement will also be fed into the national discourse.”
