The Organised Civil Society which comprises of civil society leaders and pro-democracy activists affiliated to about 120 concerned CSOs in Nigeria has set aside Monday, June 12 for a nationwide protest over the petrol subsidy fraud and hike in fuel price. The groups said they are conscious of the hardship and anarchy that the transfer of the cost and burden of Nigeria's fraudulent subsidy regime has brought on ordinary Nigerians. This was contained in a statement signed by Olawale Okunniyi, Head of Secretariat, National Coordinating Centre.
June 12: Nigeria's Organised Civil Society Declares Nationwide Protest Monday Over Petrol Price HikesThe Organised Civil Society which comprises of civil society leaders and pro-democracy activists affiliated to about 120 concerned CSOs in Nigeria has set aside Monday, June 12 for a nationwide protest over the petrol subsidy fraud and hike in fuel price.
He added that the empirical data before the Civil Society showed that the real problem with the Nigerian economy is the cost of governance and the privileges showered on a few elites in government and around government, which are paid for through state funds. "The leaders and activists, who took this decision at a consultative meeting last night over the increasing pain and sufferings being experienced daily by ordinary Nigerians also agree on the following:
"The Coalition also insists on the reversal of the latest price regime of fuel for the template used to arrive at the new outrageous pump prices to be verified by all stakeholders. Other questions of how much are the savings from the removal of Subsidy? "That in addressing the recently signed agreement of government with TUC and NLC, as a component of the broad demand of the larger workforce of the country, who are majorly in the informal/private sector and in the civil society, who is going to handle what and how will the funding for the implementation of the agreement going to be sourced?
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