The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday in Abuja, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for always putting the welfare and well being of Nigerians first in the implementation of Federal Government’s programmes and policies.
Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), gave the commendation in a statement while reacting to Federal Government’s suspension of the planned removal of subsidy on petroleum products.
“Commendably, the Federal Government took into consideration the fact that the removal of subsidy at this time will heighten inflation and cause undue hardship on the citizenry.
“Programmes and policies of government are meant to benefit the people. So if the timing of the planned subsidy removal would cause hardship on citizens, then a review was necessary.
“We commend President Buhari for always putting the welfare and well being of Nigerians first as he has serially displayed in the implementation of programmes and policies of this administration,” he said.
The APC scribe added that in line with the new Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), the Federal Government is already putting in place measures to particularly boost local refining capacities.
This, he said, is to reduce the country’s reliance on expensive import of refined petroleum products.
According to him, this will in due course, usher in the eventual and full deregulation of the country’s petroleum sector.
Akpankudohede commended the cordial and healthy relations between the Executive and the ninth National Assembly which he said had ensured good governance.
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He noted that Nigerians had been the ultimate beneficiaries of the cordial relationship between the two arms of government.
He noted that this was displayed in the positive outcomes of the meeting between the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Zainab Ahmed, and the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on the suspension of the planned subsidy removal. (NAN)
