Balogun: Subsidy removal inhuman, satanic, unacceptable

The Chairman of The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, Oyo State Chapter, has condemned in strong terms, the subsidy removal and subsequent increase in the prices of pump price by the Bola Ahmed Tinubu presidency.  Comrade Babatunde Balogun posited that the removal is ill-timed, satanic and unacceptable.

In a Press Statement made available to NEWSVERGE, Balogun harped that Nigerians have suffered too much in the hands of the All Progressives Congress – led national leadership since it assumed power nationally in 2015. ”First, under the immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerians passed through several anti-masses and poverty promoting policies, and when we think there will be a bit of relief under the campaign toga of ‘RENEWED HOPE’ President Tinubu used during his campaign , what we get in his first 24hours in office is another level of renewed hardship”.

Balogun asked that ”is this the way to thank Nigerians for voting him into office as the 16th President of Federal Republic of Nigeria?”, saying  ”This is simply heartbreaking, inhuman, satanic and unacceptable.

He therefore urged President Tinubu to, as a matter of importance, reverse what he described as ”this bloodsucking policy”. We urgent the national leadership of the labour centres of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria as well as the Nigeria Labour Congress to begin mobilization for a survival showdown with the government. We cannot continue like this. Enough is enough….. People united, can never be defeated”, the statement added.