Group Frowns At FG’s Failure To Stop Petrol Importation 

The Federation of the Informal Workers Organisation of Nigeria has expressed displeasure over the Federal Government’s inability to stop the importation of petrol into the country.
The group noted that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has not fulfilled its pledge to boost the local refining of petroleum products since inception.
The union lamented the impact of the incessant increases in fuel pump prices on Nigerians, especially the workers in the informal sector, adding that government policies had caused more devastation on Nigerians than the effect of Covid-19.
In an interview with journalists, last Friday, the Secretary General of the organisation, Mr. Gbenga Komolafe, observed that workers who were engaged in agriculture, food production and supply chains, artisans, among others, were more severely impacted by the pandemic.
Komolafe pointed out that many of them have found it difficult to get back to business months after the lockdown had been eased off.
He urged the department responsible for building the National Social Register, the National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to work with the union and other informal sector organisations to enable those desperately in need of  existence to have access to urgent help.

By: Tonye Nria-Dappa