As a move to cushion the effects of the removal of fuel subsidy, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has assured Nigerian workers of Federal Government’s readiness to review the salaries of its workers.
Akpabio gave the assurance when the Governor of Ekiti State, Abiodun Oyebanji and members of the National Assembly from the state paid him a courtesy call.
He said the removal of fuel subsidy by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration was to address corruption in the petroleum sector, noting that the fuel subsidy removal was the beginning of fighting corruption in the system.
According to him, “Nigeria as a country would not have survived the next few years if the fuel subsidy had not been removed, adding, salaries and wages of workers would be reviewed in order to ensure that Nigerians have a living wage.”
Speaking further, Akpabio told the governor that “the Senate is very proud of your representatives in the 10th National Assembly. They are committed and dedicated members of the legislature and that means the people of Ekiti, the land of knowledge have a lot to offer this country particularly, the Senate. We will work with Ekiti State for the overall benefit of Nigerians.”
Earlier, Abiodun Oyebanji, the Ekiti State Governor, had commended the President of the Senate for his achievements in office in the last one month.
Oyebanji pledged the total support of the people and government to the success of his tenure as the President of the 10th Senate and their readiness to partner the legislature to moving the country forward.
