Nigeria: Fuel Subsidy - What We Want, By NLC

17 October 2011

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government to cut all "unnecessary spending" and allowances and concentrate funds on areas of basic responsibility to Nigerians instead of insisting on the removal of fuel subsidy.

The Acting General Secretary of the NLC, Mr. Owei Lakemfa, who spoke with THISDAY Sunday night, said expenditure on healthcare, education, transportation and other critical sectors cannot be reduced as "they are the basic responsibility of the government to all Nigerians".

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