Nigerian Labour Congress demands immediate reversal of petrol price increase

The NLC on Tuesday, September 3, demanded an immediate reversal of the hike in fuel price announced by the NNPCL.

NNPCL recently increased the pump price of petrol from ₦568 to about ₦897 per litre.

Reacting to the development in a statement, NLC President, Joe Ajaero said: “We  are filled with a deep sense of betrayal as the federal government clandestinely increases the pump price of pms. One of the reasons for accepting N70,000 as national minimum wage was the understanding that the pump price of pms would not be increased even as we knew that N70,000 was not sufficient.

We recall vividly when Mr President  gave us the devil’s alternatives to choose from either N250,000 as minimum wage (subject to the rise of the pump price between N1,500 and N2,000) and N70,000 (at old pms rates), we opted for the latter because we could not bring ourselves to accept further punishment on Nigerians.

We demand the immediate reversal of the latest increase in the pump of PMS across the country.