As fuel scarcity bites harder across
the country, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday said the current
scarcity was deliberate to create different options such as privatization and
promote the interests of the business community.
It accused the federal government of using the backdoor to
create artificial scarcity in order to throw up options that fit into its
planned privatization strategy, a move the NLC said was not in the best
interest of Nigerians.
NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, in an interview
explained that the on-going fuel scarcity is a big disappointment and shame to
the government, and failure on its earlier promises.
Wabba said: “It is deliberate to create scarcity, the
present situation has remained. This particular scarcity is deliberate;
government has no taken a proactive action to stop scarcity, so it’s
deliberate. They have not done enough to prevent this scarcity.”
He decried the untold hardship
Nigerians are forced to undergo due to the shoddiness of government in
petroleum products distribution, stressing that, until government approach the
current scarcity with all seriousness, the situation will remain dire.
The NLC president also maintained that the continuous
excuses by Minister of State for Petroleum; Dr Ibe Kachukwu on the scarcity
amounted to disservice to the nation, considering that, Nigeria should not be
found in such critical situation.
Wabba stated “it’s about people taking responsibility, if
he cannot handle it, those things can be handled effectively. The excuses the
minister is giving, I don’t think Nigerians can continue to bear such excuses,”
he said.
Todayng.com
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