Anti-Petrol Subsidy Removal Protests Dispersed In Kano
Armed policemen have dispersed anti-petrol subsidy protesters in Kano metropolis.
The protests was organized by the joint action front, headed by Dr Dipo Fashina, a former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)
The protesters who converged at Gida-Murtala road were dispersed by policemen who later took over the venue of the rally.
Fashina said the protests are against the petrol subsidy removal, hike in the fees on federal universities.
He asked Nigerians to reject what he called IMF/World Bank’s policies on privatization and deregulation.
“The government has a responsibility to make our refineries work and build new ones in order to ensure the availability of petroleum products (petrol, diesel, kerosene, aviation fuel, etc) at cheaper and affordable prices to all.
“Total reversal of the capitalist policies of privatisation and deregulation which have been responsible for non-functioning of the local refineries, looting by government officials and fuel marketers through fuel importation and the subsidy fraud.”
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Meanwhile, protest continued into second day in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, as workers blocked the entry and exit gates of the state secretariat.
Daily Trust had reported that the protest which started on Monday was organized by workers under the umbrella of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the
Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) over a number of demands relating to their emoluments and working conditions from the state government.
Appeals by the Executive Assistant to the Governor on Security, Mr Sunday Odukoya, fell on deaf ears as the labour leaders insisted on the governor speaking to them on their agitations.
On the government’s position put out by the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Dotun Oyelade, on Monday, the labour leaders said they wanted practical implementation of pronouncements just as they noted that there was a litany of other requests that the state government had yet to attend to.
Among the requests of the workers are payment of salary deductions, palliatives for workers, upward review of pension allowances, payment of leave bonus, payment of gratuities to retirees who have been stagnated since the year 2021, and release of promotion letters for the year 2021 and 2022.
