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The groaning occasioned by the removal of the fuel subsidy grew louder on Monday as the Nigerian Labour Congress said it was ready to fight the economic pains and hardship caused by the Federal Government’s decision.University workers under the aegis of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, the University of Lagos chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, The varsity unions decried the situation, saying the subsidy was ’unintelligently removed. ’The National Assistant Secretary, Chris Onyeka,“We are going to give the Federal Government an ultimatum. But they have refused to make amends. Let them prepare themselves because we are preparing. We are ready to fight back, ” he said, The product currently sells for between N568 and N617 per litre.