His plea followed protests by members of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress on Wednesday over the petrol subsidy removal and the rising cost of living in the country.
“We cannot be complaining about a deficit of social infrastructure and amenities as well as low wages for civil servants and at the same time be opposed to efforts to improve the quality and availability of same,” NAN quoted him as saying. “The best that can happen to us is what we are experiencing now, though with pain. We feel the pains of Nigerians, we have families, we have members; even in the church some people cannot come to church anymore because of fuel increase,” he said.
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