The Nigeria Labour Congress has said that its vital organs will soon meet to decide what action to take on the new price the Federal Government has announced for petrol.
Many Nigerians are rattled as NNPCL has increased it to N897 a litre.
It has dampened the joy that was supposed to welcome the coming of the product from Dangote Refinery which is about to start distributing.
“In the coming days, the appropriate organs of the Congress will be meeting to take appropriate decisions which will be made public, ” the NLC said on Tuesday in a statement signed by its President, Joe Ajaero.
It accused President Bola Tinubu of betrayal, expressing shock and dismay at the clandestine increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), describing it as a “deep sense of betrayal.”
The NLC recalled that one of the reasons for accepting the N70,000 national minimum wage was the understanding that the pump price of PMS would not be increased.
The Congress accused the government of reneging on its promises and implementing “ferocious right-wing market policies” that have driven Nigerians to their “all-time low.”
“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 the national minimum wage was the understanding that the pump price of PMS would not be increased, even though we knew that N70,000 was not sufficient,” the Congress stated.
The Congress further demanded the “immediate reversal of the fuel price increase; the release of incarcerated protesters; an end to indiscriminate arrests and detentions; reversal of the 250% electricity tariff hike; a stop to the encroachment on the Ministry of Labour and Employment’s duties; an end to policies that engender hunger and insecurity; and a halt to the government’s culture of terror, fear, and deceit.”
