He asserted that the Forum was uncomfortable with the removal of subsidy until it frontally challenges the consumption figures coming from the NNPC.
According to him, one of the planks which formed the terms of convening the meeting was to also plead with Labour to jettison its decision to embark on what they referred to as a mega-strike, but to join hands with governors to consider the dimensions at play on the subsidy removal palaver because governors, through their internal mechanisms, had already found out that what is paid is egregiously higher than what is actually being declared by the country’s petroleum industry managers.
He said, “We must find options and create opportunities that address the hardships that stare our people in the face.” The unionists argued that the conflicting figures that always came from the managers of the petroleum sector always tended towards inefficiency which had remained, to the people and to Labour, completely objectionable.
“Talk to experts, transport unions, the organised labour, and go beyond the figures of the NNPC – deal with facts,” he urged the committee, saying its report was expected within four weeks. It said the lasting solution to the crisis associated with petrol subsidy could only be resolved through the construction of new refineries in the country.
He, therefore, declared that the only way out of the fuel subsidy crisis was for the federal government to establish another set of refineries so that the importation of finished products of crude oil would come to an end. In a remark, the Ondo State NLC chairman, Comrade Sunday Adeleye, who was represented by his vice chairman, Comrade Victor Amoko, said there was no way the oil industry crisis would not persist if the refineries in the country remain moribund.
NNPCgroup MBuhari ,ProfOsinbajo,DrAhmadLawan, femigbaja,HETimipreSylva,ZShamsuna,MKKyari, cenbank :The 18-month extension period for the removal of fuel subsidy is enough for the FG/NNPC to hands off from direct running of the refineries and ensure energy security for the country.
NNPCgroup There is urgent need for concrete action on the NNPC refineries which have become wasting assets without any benefit to the country.The NNPC is incapable of running the refineries efficiently & optimally due to sabotage & technical incompetence.Why is the FG holding on to them?
NNPCgroup At this crucial time to avoid economic bankruptcy,the Nigerian Governors Forum needs to demand higher level of transparency & accountability in the petroleum sector.Nigeria is a federation.Both the FG & NGF must work together to overhaul the petroleum sector and the NNPC.
NNPCgroup MBuhari,ProfOsinbajo,DrAhmadLawan, femigbaja,HETimipreSylva,ZShamsuna:What is the actual level of fuel consumption in the country? There is need for forensic audit of the NNPC. The sector is opaque.Fuel importers are the major beneficiaries of continuous fuel importation.
NNPCgroup SUBSIDY/ FRESH 3 TRILLION NAIRA BORROWING OIL90$ we're officially in trouble in the hands of these aliens from futa jallo Another 3 trillion naira in borrowing, for fuel SUBSIDY APC and these aliens from futa jallo has finally hang the south😳😳😳😳😳
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