CNG kicks against NLC's move over subsidy removal

By Blessing Bature 

The Coalition of Northern Groups CNG, has argued that the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC has lost every claim to competence to speak for or act on behalf of the generality of the people beyond servicing the interest of a limited constituency of less than one percent of the total population of Nigerians.

The spokesperson of the CNG, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, said this on Thursday in a press statement alerting Nigerian public to guard against being dragged unto a flight without knowing its actual destination as set up by the NLC but should rather hold the Independent oil marketers responsible for the sudden deterioration of the prices of Petroleum a few hours after the announcement by government on the subsidy. 

"The public should note that by its antecedents of betraying public confidence, the NLC has lost every claim to competence to speak for or act on behalf of the generality of the people beyond servicing the interest of a limited constituency of less than one percent of the total population of Nigerians:.

CNG in the light of the above observations therefore called on the new administration of President Bola Tinubu to handle this obviously dicey situation with utmost wisdom and compassion so that the innocent public is not made victim. 

Abdul-Azeez also call on the attention of the Tinubu administration to be vigilant over the latent trap set for it with the subsidy issue by the outgone government aiming to set it on a collision course with the public early in the day".

He advised government to deploy maximum wisdom, and caution to chart a workable means of dealing with the bad situation deliberately thrown on its laps in such a way that no one gets hurt. 

"Government should device compassionate ways of cushioning the impact of the subsidy removal without necessarily compromising its economic recovery policies.

"We demand from the Federal Government action to call the syndicate that have siphoned the trillions of Naira of public funds during the previous regime in the name of a fictitious, fraudulent oil subsidy to account".

CNG encouraged the Federal Government not to be distracted by the antics of discredited self-serving labour leaders, unscrupulous oil marketers and a few unpatriotic officials of the NNPCL who would seize every opportunity to undermine its good intentions. 

"This quick hike and desperation to hoard the commodity is aimed at stocking anger against the new administration by the few who benefit from the trillions of the subsidy sum among the marketers and NNPCL officials."