Enugu Residents Condemn New Pump Price Regime as Queues Return

Enugu Residents Condemn New Pump Price Regime as Queues Return

Residents of Enugu State today berated the federal government for the removal of subsidy on petrol which has consequently increased the price of the product from N86.50k to N145.00.

The organised labour in the state has equally expressed its opposition to the new price regime, insisting that it would impose further hardship on the people.

Also, most filling stations within the metropolis had adjusted to the new price, while a number of independent marketers sold at N155.00 this afternoon.

However, most major stations owned by major marketers remained under lock and key as they claimed that they were still studying the situation resulting to large queues in most places. 

While the Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the state, Virginus Nwobodo, said the organisation had already fixed an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja today, his Trade Union Congress (TUC) counterpart, Chukwuma Igbokwe, said its NEC has equally fixed for Lagos same day to appraise the situation.

Though they condemned the new price regime, they however insisted that a definite position would be taken during their respective NEC meetings.

Meanwhile, the chairman of the state NLC, Nwobodo, and his counterpart in TUC, Igbokwe, yesterday condemned the official increase of the pump price of fuel by the federal government, saying the development will further deepen the misery already being suffered by workers and ordinary Nigerians due to current economic recession in the country.

Nwobodo in his reaction stated that NLC would come out with official position on the matter after their NEC meeting in Abuja today.

They expressed dismay that for such decision to be taken at a time when Nigerians are faced with economic hardship was a clear indication that the government was insensitive to the plight of the people.