NLC threatens nationwide strike over fresh fuel price hike

NLC threatens nationwide strike over fresh fuel price hike

The Nigeria Labour Congress has threatened to embark a nationwide strike without any notice should there be a further increase in the pump price of petrol.
Marketers have indicated that fuel price could rise again from the existing N617/litre citing the latest increase in landing cost of imported fuel.
The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, on Monday gave a notification of the strike at the African Trade Union Alliance meeting in Abuja, where organised labour also warned against undermining the demands of the union.
The marketers attributed the increase in fuel landing cost to the continued fall in the value of naira with one dollar exchanging for N950 at the parallel market.

Speaking on Monday, Ajaero said: “As we are here they are contemplating increasing the pump price of petroleum products and the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, for some time now, will only go to the Federal Ministry of Justice to come up with injunctions to hold the hands of labour not to respond.

“Let me say this, Nigerian workers will not give any notice if we have not addressed the consequences of the last two increases; if we wake up from our sleep to hear that they have tempered with prices of petroleum products.

“They have started floating ideas of a likely increase in the pump price of petroleum products.”

Ajaero also said if the Federal Government was able to tame inflation and the falling naira, workers would be willing to retain the N30,000 minimum wage.