The Action Congress of Nigeria ACN) has said that President Goodluck Jonathan's televised speech defending his government's decision to withdraw fuel subsidy only succeeded in deepening the people's mistrust of the administration, as it failed to address the pertinent issues.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the deficit of trust between the Jonathan administration and the Nigerian people was the main reason the people did not take the president's speech seriously, as shown in organised labour's response that the strike would go ahead in spite of the speech.
It recalled that while the president promised to consult with all stakeholders across the country and collate their views before taking a decision on the fuel subsidy issue, probably in April, he rather decided to ambush Nigerians and ruin their New Year celebrations by rushing to withdraw the subsidy after just one stakeholders' meeting in Lagos.
“If the president did not stand by his earlier promise to Nigerians on this issue, why should they believe him now to do all that he has promised in his speech?” the party queried.
ACN, therefore, re-stated its opposition to the removal of the fuel “subsidy,” saying all that the government subsidises were corruption and inefficiency.
It also hailed the governors of ACN states for their courage in standing on the side of the people and labour, in their quest to get the government to rescind its decision to remove fuel subsidy.
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