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The All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged Nigerians to endure the pains they might be going through following the increase in petroleum pump price and the hike in electricity tariff. Mr Yekini Nabena, the party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that the party was not …

The All Progressives Congress , has urged Nigerians to endure the pains they might be going through following the increase in petroleum pump price and the hike in electricity tariff.

According to him, the reviews were crucial and hard-thought decisions by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. The APC spokesman recalled that fuel subsidies took over N10 trillion of our national resources since 2006. Nabena added that in line with the current administration’s deregulation drive and move to increase private sector participation in the petroleum sector, the task before government now was to improve the country’s local refining capacities.

This, he explained, was the reason the federal government was focusing on improving electricity and service delivery. He, therefore, called on all stakeholders, government at all levels, private sector organisations, labour unions, civil societies, students and youth groups to support government’s decision on the ongoing deregulation exercise.

 

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