PDP hails resolution of subsidy impasse
Posted Mon Jan 16,2012

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  today  congratulated  the Federal Government of Nigeria, the Organized Labour and indeed all Nigerians over the successful resolution of the impasse that characterized the recent decision to deregulate the downstream sector of the petroleum industry.

A statement by  Prof. Rufai Ahmed Alkali the party’s national publicity secretary said “the wise decision by labour to call off this strike, following the gesture of goodwill by President Goodluck Jonathan shows the importance of dialogue which we have always campaigned for. The successful end to the reign of discomfort brought upon our people signals government’s positive disposition to the yearnings of the people.

Alkali added “We wish to urge all Nigerians, especially those who remain sceptical of government’s intentions to take advantage of this new window and contribute their quota to National development and desist from misinforming one another. We wish to once more reiterate that no society can achieve progress in an atmosphere of blackmail, intimidation, falsehood and undue politicization of issues. We wish to appeal to our citizens to beware of  some elements whose interests go beyond the agitation for the reduction of the price of petroleum products.

PDP  also said , “Now that government and labour have reached a compromise, it is time to resume our normal day-to-day legitmate businesses and jealously safeguard our hard-earned democracy which some of these elements attempted to undermine in the guise of the recent agitations.