The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajearo, has attributed the present uproar between the Nigeria Nationwide Petroleum Firm Restricted and the Dangote Petroleum Refinery to alleged authorities coverage somersault and fraudulent strikes by some forces.
Ajearo, who mentioned this to journalists on the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal ll, in Lagos on Wednesday, additional described what has been happening between the Dangote and the NNPC as uncalled for, stressing that in a deregulated economic system there must be selections and competitors.
He quarried the idea for regulating what Dangote is to promote, insisting that deciding for the non-public sector on how or what must be bought is an act of fraud.
“For a product produced right here, he didn’t import with {dollars}, there was no touchdown price and so they needed him to promote it on the similar price because the one they’re bringing from overseas. That’s fraudulent and unacceptable.”
“What you’re seeing is fraudulent and coverage somersault. Nigerians have been made to consider that the sector has been deregulated and in a deregulated association there must be selections and competitors. So why are you now making an attempt to manage how a lot Dangote ought to promote his product? Why?
“When Port Harcourt refinery comes up, let NNPC promote, let Dangote additionally promote however whenever you now start to manage how a lot Dangote ought to promote, that’s fraudulent.
“That is the time for Nigerians to talk up. They informed us that once they decontrol the economic system, the non-public sector will direct the economic system and the federal government could have no enterprise in enterprise. Now, they’re attempting to manage how or what to promote by the non-public sector.
“They need him to promote the product on the similar value as when it was imported. For a product he produced right here with out touchdown price and also you need him to promote it on the similar fee because the one imported, that’s fraudulent,” he acknowledged.
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