The Effect of Fuel Subcidy on Nigerian Civil Servants: Christian Ethical Point of View

Authors

  • Dr. Mrs Ayodele Omojuwa

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Abstract

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency wishes to inform all stakeholders of the commencement of the formal removal of the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit Petroleum products marketers are to note that no one will be paid a subsidy on PMS discharges after 1st January 2012 said the statement signed by PPPRA executive director Reginald Stanley The tempo of activities within the polity became overtly charged immediately after the announcement of the removal of fuel subsidy on January 1 2012 by the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency PPPRA This indeed came as a shock to most Nigerians as they were not prepared for the sudden change Labour and transport unions human rights groups market women taxi drivers and lawyers associations have been bitterly opposed to having the subsidy removed That led to the announcement of a nationwide strike by the organized Labour comprising the Nigerian Labour Congress NLC and the Trade Union Congress TUC starting from January 9 That strike successfully grounded economic activities around the country for one whole week with Nigeria losing approximated N320 billion per day From some state capitals came reports that governors who earlier decided at the National Economic Council NEC to advise the Federal Government to remove fuel subsidy had started siding with the people and encouraging protests

How to Cite

Dr. Mrs Ayodele Omojuwa. (2020). The Effect of Fuel Subcidy on Nigerian Civil Servants: Christian Ethical Point of View. Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 20(A13), 23–33. Retrieved from https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/3359

The Effect of Fuel Subcidy on Nigerian Civil Servants: Christian  Ethical Point of View

Published

2020-05-15