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The association’s National Executive Council, after the meeting, described the announcement of the removal of subsidy by the government through the Executive Secretary, Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency as hasty, illegal and without consultation with other stakeholders.
It said, “As an affiliate of the TUC, we fully support the position taken by the joint NEC meeting of TUC and NLC held on Wednesday, January 4, 2012.
NEC therefore directs all its branches to commence an indefinite strike from Monday, January 9, 2012. However, only the leadership of PENGASSAN can direct the suspension/call off the strike.”
According to the association, government must revert to the price of N65 per litre for petrol to enable any negotiation on the issue of subsidy and/or deregulation.
It also insisted that deregulation should not be selective but must be premised on the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill based on the Oil and Gas Implementation Committee report.
It said, “NEC rejects the Alfa Belgore-led committee to negotiate with labour and insists that PENGASSAN will only negotiate with the government team led by President Goodluck Jonathan personally who would itemise with timeline any project to be done which must include but not limited to revamping existing refineries, building Greenfield refineries and enhancing power generation and other infrastructures like roads and railways.
“Government at all levels must first exhibit the spirit of sacrifice by reducing drastically the cost of running government and the Federal Government must start by cutting the recurrent expenditure in the 2012 Budget from 70 per cent to not more than 50 per cent and direct the savings to infrastructure development.”
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