{"id":106364,"date":"2023-07-23T20:07:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T19:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=106364"},"modified":"2023-07-23T20:07:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T19:07:18","slug":"subsidy-removal-labour-too-quiet-nigerians-expect-more-says-ex-rivers-gov-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/subsidy-removal-labour-too-quiet-nigerians-expect-more-says-ex-rivers-gov-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"Subsidy removal: Labour too quiet, Nigerians expect more, says ex-Rivers gov candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1772234140377640944\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former Rivers State governorship candidate, Prince Tonye Princewill has criticised the organised labour for being too silent on the removal of the subsidy on Premium Motor Spiritual, otherwise called petrol.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe said Nigerians expect to hear more from labour given the pains and hardship occasioned by the fuel subsidy removal by President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>Princewill who contested for Governorship during the 2015 election under the platform of the Labour Party said this during an interactive session with newsmen at his residence in Port Harcourt on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that though subsidy removal was not peculiar to Nigeria, but the apex government\u2019s decision to do so without putting the necessary measures in place to cushion its effect on the citizens was unfortunate.<\/p>\n<p>Princewill who resigned from the All Progressives Congress before the 2023 elections emphasized that the fraud in the subsidy must be addressed.<\/p>\n<p>He stated, \u201cThe issue of subsidy is deep. Countries subsidise all the time. But in this country, we have a subsidy and we found out that there was fraud in the subsidy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo in removing the subsidy, what about the fraud? And then look at the pain on the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Continuing, the businessman said, \u201cSo to me, removal of subsidy is the removal of the fraud of subsidy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt (subsidy) didn\u2019t just come by surprise. So palliative measures, and countermeasures needed to have been put in place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have enough brains in this country to establish things that need to be put in place to make the pains of people a lot easier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf that has not been put in place as far as I\u2019m concerned, there is no excuse. So it is unfortunate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Princewill further said spending trillions of Naira subsidising fuel is \u2018nonsensical\u2019, saying, \u201cIf you are not going to do that, then you have to have alternatives in place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cIf you are going to take away this money and make these savings, then you have to point out what is it you are doing with the money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government has to answer those questions. If they don\u2019t answer those questions, people will not forget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think labour has been a bit too quiet. I don\u2019t know what the negotiation is that is ongoing or not ongoing. 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