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.... ....   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates  Towards a better life for the people Search The Archives   Cover Stories National News South West Niger Delta South East North Politics Business Sports World Viewpoints Features   Dealers threaten to abandon sale of kerosine By Victor Ahiuma-Young Monday, October 25, 2004 LAGOS — AS a meeting of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)  highest decision making organ, the National Executive   Council (NEC) comes up tomorrow in Abuja, to review the fuel price situation in country and map out plans for the next phase   of the anti-fuel hike struggle, kerosine dealers in the country have threatened to abandon the sale of the product should   government fail to arrest the rising cost of the product widely considered as an indispensable product by most Nigerians. Similarly, Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) under which the suspended four days warning strike was prosecuted   met yesterday in Lagos to fine tune preparation for the next phase of the strike.  Under the umbrella of Surface  Tank Kerosene Dealers (SUTAKED), a branch of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural   Gas Workers (NUPENG), the kerosine dealers lamented  the increasing price of kerosene in the country, especially in Lagos   and advised government not to leave the price of the product to the vagaries of market forces because of its negative   implications to the life of majority of Nigerians. A statement by the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of SUTAKED, Comrade Shola Adekeye quoted the chairman of the group,   Comrade Rotimi Benjamin as warning that members would be forced to abandon the sale of the product should the situation   continue without government intervention and sought the attention of the newly constituted palliatives committee to urgently arrest   the situation. The statement said: “Chairman of SUTAKED, Comrade Rotimi Benjamin, warned that members might be forced to abandon   the sale of the product, the consequent of which would be unbearable to the down trodden Nigerians, who daily depend on   kerosene. "Before the commencement of the full deregulation of the downstream sector of the oil industry, kerosene was being lifted from   the depots at less than N30 per litre. Today, the price has been doubled, leading to an artificial scarcity of the product. We are   advising that  kerosene price should not be left for market forces".   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates © 1998- 2004. Vanguard Media Ltd.

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