Fuel Price Reducing, Redirect Attention From FG To Transporters, Traders, Others, Agberen Tells NLC, TUC

By Daniel Dafe

Comr.(Amb) Derrick Oritsematosan Agberen, National Coordinator, Initiative For Social Rights Concerns And Advancement(ISRCA) AKA “No Justice, No Peace” has called on the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria-TUC to now redirect their focus from the Federal Government and focus on how to ensure that transport fares and the commodity of goods come down since the price of fuel is already on a downward journey.

He said this in a statement made available to Oasis Magazine on Monday.

His words: “The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC); Comrade Joe Ajaero and the Chairman of Trade Union Congress (TUC); Comrade Festus Osifo should redirect their focus away from the Federal Government, taking fresh actions on transport unions, traders and business owners, regulating and monitoring their activities to curb constant extortion, where they exploit the fuel price and economic conditions to uncontrollably inflate prices, which has become unbearable.

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“The same level of enthusiasm exhibited in calling for strikes on multiple occasions allegedly for personal gains should also be channeled into taking fresh actions against these categories. These are issues that directly impact people’s daily lives and should be given immediate attention.

’Now, that the petrol pump price is quietly reducing, from ₦1,450/L to ₦980/L, business owners, transporters should practically initiate corresponding reductions in the prices of commodities and services rendered.”

According to him, “in the past, it has been virtually impossible to decrease transportation’s and the prices of food commodities in this country’s markets,” saying whenever fuel prices increase, leading to inflation, which subsequently subsides, the prices of commodities never drops let alone transportation cost.

“Traders and business owners are, at times, contributors to Nigeria’s challenges. Until the fuel pump price is standardized and sold at an affordable rate per liter nationwide, transporters, traders and business owners must make necessary adjustments accordingly,” he concluded.