Following the increased fuel price, the Federation of Informal Workers’ Organisation of Nigeria has berated the Federal Government for failing to stop the importation of petrol, noting that the Buhari regime had not fulfilled its pledge to boost local refinery of petroleum products.
The union lamented the impact of the incessant hike of fuel pump price on Nigerians, especially the workers in the informal sector, noting that the government policies had devastated them more than COVID-19.
Addressing a news conference in Abuja on Friday, the General Secretary, FIWON, Mr Gbenga Komolafe, noted that informal workers did not benefit from the COVID-palliatives shared by the government.
According to him, workers engaged in agriculture, food production and supply chains, artisans and others have been severely impacted by the pandemic, adding that many of them found it difficult to return to business months after the lockdown had been eased.
“It is a shame and it remains an open sore that Nigeria as an oil-producing country could be importing fuel and we believe the Buhari administration has failed in this regard.
“Government policies have devastated Nigerians more than COVID-19. Some workers complained that they received half salary but workers in the informal sector did not even receive any salary,” he said.
