Economic and social activities are reportedly paralysed in Benin City, Edo State capital as hundreds of residents on Thursday morning stormed the streets of the ancient city, protesting the Federal Government’s removal of fuel subsidy. The placards carrying protesters who are marching through major streets have called on the federal government to immediately reverse the pump price to N210 till July 2023. They insisted that if petrol subsidy should be removed, the government should fix the four Nigerian refineries to start refining petrol for domestic consumption.
June 1, 2023Economic and social activities are reportedly paralysed in Benin City, Edo State capital as hundreds of residents on Thursday morning stormed the streets of the ancient city, protesting the Federal Government’s removal of fuel subsidy.
Some of the he placards read:"We can't buy petrol at N520 but N210"."Petrol must beN210 till July Ended". It had been reported that on Wednesday, that few hours to the proposed meeting of organised labour with Government representatives, that Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited released a list of adjusted pump prices for its mega stations across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
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