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President Not Insensitive, Says Nwokedi From Charles Onyekamuo in Awka As the four day warning strike declared early in the week by the Nigerian Labour Con-gress (NLC) to press for the reversal of pump price of petroleum products ended yesterday, the traditional Ruler of Achalla Community in Awka North Council Area, Anambra State and the Chairman, the state traditional Rulers' Council, Igwe Alex Nwokedi, (Uthoko IV) has described as uncharitable the insinuation that President Olusegun Obasanjo is one sadist deriving pleasure from the suffering of Nigerians. According to Igwe Nwokedi who spoke to newsmen in his palace yesterday in Achalla as part of activities marking the celebration of his community's 2004 New Yam Festival, the Obasanjo he had known over the years is neither selfish nor arrogant but does things for utilitarian good. He underscored the need for closer relationship and or ties between the presidency and the labour movement in the country even as he noted that the strike didn't so much affect people in Anambra State because they had been buying fuel at exorbitant prices before the strike. What is worrisome, he lamented is the astronomical rise in the cost of a litre of kerosene, adding that with N65 per litre which it sells currently, many poor families are bound to suffer. "It is not right to say that the presidency is insensitive to the sufferings of the masses. I have worked with him (Obasanjo). I know he is neither selfish nor arrogant. He does things for the benefit of a greater majority of the people. But, I want to say that there is need for closer relationships and ties between the presidency and the labour movement. If you look around, you will discover that the strike did not so much affect people here because they have been buying fuel at very high prices", he said. The Monarch noted that the different interest groups who mobilized the peole for the strike had differing agenda and purposes for going into the strike. "While some said, this Obasanjo government must fall, some others simply pursued their objectives", he said, adding that "historically when one embarks on the kind of reformation that President Obasanjo had done, you are bound to step on toes." Who Are We ? | About THISDAYOnLine.com | THISDAY People | Contact Us © Copyright 2000 Leaders & Company Limited

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