The senate president, Godswill Akpabio, has said the salaries of workers will be reviewed to cushion the effects of the removal of subsidy on petrol.Information Guide Nigeria
Speaking when he hosted the Ekiti state, governor, Abiodun Oyebanji at his office in Abuja on Tuesday, Akpabio said Nigeria would not have survived the next few years if the subsidy was still in place.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during his inaugural speech on May 29, 2023 said that subsidy on petrol was no longer in place.
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) thereafter set the new prices per litre across the states of the federation.JAMB Result
Recent findings showed that the pump price of fuel surged to N617 per litre in the federal capital territory (FCT), Abuja and N568 in Lagos on Tuesday.
The senate president, however, said that the salaries of workers in the public sector will be reviewed to reflect the rising cost of living caused by the petrol subsidy removal.NYSC Portal
“Nigeria as a country would not have survived the next few years if the fuel subsidy had not been removed,” Akpabio said.
