Subsidy Removal: Coalition backs NLC protest

The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL), a sociopolitical group, says it will mobilise its members to support the protest by the National Labour Congress (NLC).

The Group’s President-General, Mr. Goodluck Ibem, and Public Secretary, Mr. Okey Nwaoru, jointly said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Owerri on Wednesday.

Supreme News recalls that the NLC has announced plans to protest the removal of fuel subsidies and the attendant economic hardship on workers.

The group said that Nigeria’s economy was dependent on fuel and other petroleum products to function, and any decision or policy that increased the price of petroleum products would affect Nigerians.

“We shall support the protest,” the group said.