IN a move to avert a looming shut down of socio-economic activities
in the country by organised labour following the New Year day removal
of fuel subsidy, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday set up a
committee, headed by a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Alfa
Belgore, to meet with organised labour and other stakeholders with a
view to resolving issues that may arise from the controversy.
Jonathan also appointed Dr. Christopher Kolade as Chairman of the
Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme Board, SREPB, which is
to oversee and ensure the effective and timely implementation of
projects to be funded with savings accruing to the Federal Government
from the removal with Major-General Mamman Kontagora, rtd, as deputy
chairman.
Other members of the SREPB include two representatives of the
National Assembly, two representatives of organised labour, while the
National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Nigeria Union of
Journalists, NUJ, Nigerian Women Groups, the Nigerian youth, and civil
society organisations have one representative each.
They also include the coordinating Minister of the Economy/Minister
of Finance, the Minister of National Planning, the Minister of Petroleum
Resources, the Minister of State for Health, Special Adviser to the
President on Technical Matters, and six other reputable individuals from
the six geo-political zones in the country, out of which three will be
women.
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