By Moses John
Abuja
The federal government yesterday announced the appointment of Alhaji Mohammed Buba as the Chairman, Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency (PPPRA).
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engineer Lawal David Babachir, disclosed in Abuja yesterday after a meeting with the leadership of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to review issues involved in the new fuel pump price.
Until his appointment Buba was the former Director General of Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC).
The SGF said a 16-man committee has been set up to look into the various issues that emanated from the hike in price of petrol such as the minimum wage, implementation of the N500 billion palliative in the 2016 budget as well as the review of the pump price.
“We just finished our meeting with the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and I’m happy to announce we had a very successful meeting with an outcome that will make every Nigerian happy. First of all on the side of the government, we want to thank the Nigerian Labour Congress for their magnanimity in calling off the strike. And we thank Nigerians for being patience while the strike lasted.
“In this meeting we have arrived at some major decisions. First of all, you would recall that before we adjourned the last meeting, we had basically decided to discuss three major issues. One was the issue of the minimum wage for workers, both in government and in the private”, he added.
NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba who led other labour leaders to the meeting confirmed that the meeting was successful.
“As you are aware we resumed the meeting today and I can tell you the meeting was very successful. We have agreed to have the technical committee to look at the details”, he said.
