Senate Tuesday backed the increase of fuel price from N86.50 to N145 per litre. It therefore tasked the Federal Government to immediately implement palliatives in the 2016 budget to cushion the effects of the recent fuel price hike.
It, however, refused to summon the minister of state for petroleum
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OWEDE AGBAJILEKE, Abuja
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