Health workers under the auspices of the National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners, NAGGMDP, have made eight demands
Recall that President Tinubu announced the fuel subsidy removal during his inaugural speech last month.
However, NAGGMDP, in a statement signed by Dr Sofiri Starson Peterside Jnr, the National President and Dr Enobong Akpan, the Secretary General, urged the Federal Government to urgently suspend the removal of fuel subsidy and revert to the old pump price of PMS to avert the looming multisectoral industrial disharmony that may grind Nigeria to a halt.
The Federal Government should institute measures to stop crude oil theft, secure our borders and stop leakages within the oil and gas sector.
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