This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday, in Abuja, signed by Tosin Adeyanju, Executive Director, Conscience Nigeria, for the group which declared that embarking on strike would do more harm than good to the country’s economy.
He listed some members of the collation supporting deregulation of the oil sector as Stand up Nigeria, Centre for Leadership Development (CPALD), National Youth Council of Nigeria and Arise Nigeria.
“We all know the implication that will arise as a result of this sudden change,” the statement read.
“We must endure this phase in other for our country to survive these present economic realities that are very obvious.
“We equally appeal on the NLC and other civil society colleagues to shelve the proposed nationwide strike and engage the government.
“We want NLC to engage government on the need to create immediate palliatives to cushion the effect of this policy instead of worsening the already bad economy of the country.
“If our country is shut down as proposed, billions of naira will be lost and the country will suffer for it in the long run
“The new phase of deregulation championed by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources is worthy of commendation after many years of monumental corruption in subsidy regime.
“No nation can move forward without liberalization or deregulation of its critical economic sector like ours as it was done in the telecommunication sector.
“About 80 percent of our country’s revenue comes from oil proceeds and as the global economic meltdown continues, there is need for this to take place if we must be taken seriously in the comity of nations.
“Therefore, the step taken by the minister to deregulate this critical sector is the best at this material time.
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