By Ogechi Okorie
As at this point, suspension of Subsidy removal is a legislative duty. The law has been passed, we are all aware, but there is no law that is cast in stone. It is clear to everyone that, at this point in operationalising the law, is not possible within the six-month framework that has been provided for in the law.
“And if that timeframe provided for in the law is feasible, which has come to us as a result of operationalising the law, then, it is also a legislative responsibility now to see what can be done in extending that timeframe for it to be in the purview of the law,” Sylva said.
Senate President Ahmad Lawan said the President was moved by the need to protect Nigerians from further economic hardship.
He, therefore, called on the organised labour to suspend plans to embark on protests. (Punch)
