“The oil thieves absconded, abandoning their truck and tools, upon sighting police officers who responded swiftly when notified,” he said.
“So I plead with the NLC not to turn the subsidy issue into a political one.”
JUSUN, with over 120,000 members, is the latest union from a critical sector to join the budding industrial action led by the NLC.
On May 31, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) announced pump price increment that saw petrol price skyrocket from N195 to over N500 nationwide.
Mr Onanuga’s lamentation comes a few days after Mr Tinubu said he should not be pitied for he is aware of the issues confronting the country before vying to be President.
Mr Onanuga’s statement comes as a response to planned protest by the NLC against fuel pump price increment.
The NPDC is a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, the only entity licensed to explore the nation’s crude oil and gas for fuel and other products.
The NNPCL will appeal against the judgment restoring Mr Ararume as its non-executive chairman.
“The benefits derived have over the years been eroded due to the amount paid on subsidy, a regime has been fuelling the vicious circle of poverty in the country.”
Governor Abiodun Oyebanji of Ekiti disclosed this on Thursday in a press statement obtained by Peoples Gazette.
