Former Vice
President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in
the 2019 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has accused the National
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, of
resisting the removal of fuel subsidy during the administration of ex-President
Olusegun Obasanjo.
Atiku, who recalled
that he headed the negotiations with the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, with
Oshiomhole as the Chairman, said the current APC Chairman stood strongly
against it.
The Waziri of
Adamawa was backing an earlier tweet by his Spokesman, Paul Ibe, which reads,
“For the avoidance of doubt, the Obasanjo administration embarked on a regime
of subsidy removal.
“But the former NLC Chairman frustrated the
efforts. Even at that, the Obasanjo government achieved some measures of
subsidy removal before their exit in 2007.”
And adding to the
claim, Atiku added, “The Obasanjo government in which I served commenced a
phased subsidy withdrawal.
“I was tasked with
negotiating with then NLC Chairman and current APC Chairman who stood strongly
against it.”
The Petroleum
Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) on Thursday announced the removal of
the price cap on the retail price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS).
And in reaction to
this, Atiku had tweeted saying, “FG finally withdraws from the fuel subsidy and
price-fixing bazaar that had been rife with corruption and stalling
investments,” adding that this was something well-meaning Nigerians have been
calling for and for which he (Atiku) was demonized.
Recall that during
the administration of Obasanjo, the move to withdraw the subsidy and increase
fuel price was vehemently opposed by the Adams Oshiomhole-led NLC with series
of nationwide protests at the time.
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