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According to him, the federal government workers are yet to receive their January salary as at February 13, wondering why it took the president less than 24 hours to implement the removal of fuel subsidy but was unable to decide on measures to manage its impact eight months after.
He said, “It took you (President Tinubu) 24 hours to say fuel subsidy is gone and it is taking you more than eight months to decide what to do with it and you telling us to give you more time. It took 24 hours to remove fuel subsidy, but more than eight months, no single CNG bus is on the road.”
Also speaking at the occasion, Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Senator George Akume contended that consideration for new minimum wage should be based current economic realities, sustainability and public interests.
The SGF said that President Tinubu is passionate about rebuilding the economy, improving the welfare of workers and an assurance to all Nigerians that he would leave no stone unturned to bring succor to their hardship.
The Nation Must Begin To Move Towards a cost-effective tariff model, as the country is currently indebted to the tune of 1.3 trillion naira to generating companies (GenCos) and 1.3 billion dollars owed gas companies
Adelabu, addressed a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, said only 450 billion naira was budgeted for subsidy this year but the ministry needs over 2 trillion naira for subsidy.
He said state governments will now be allowed to generate power independently to supply power to their states.
On the grid that has collapsed for about six times between December 2023 and now, he said this was caused by shortage of gas, ageing machines in the grid value chain, low capacity to evacuate generated power, and destruction of power stations in some parts of the North-East geopolitical zone of the country.
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