The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the new selling pump price of petrol per litre for N617. THE GUARDIAN reports.Information Guide Nigeria
Joe Ajaero, the NLC president, Joe Ajaero, speaking during an interview said that Nigerians are being deceived on the issue of petrol pricing.
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Live, Study and Work in Canada. No Payment is Required! Hurry Now click here to Apply >> Immigrate to Canada“President Bola Tinubu’s administration is toying with Nigerians and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) is only being clever by half,” the NLC president said.
“If the government withdrew subsidies of petroleum products and suddenly, while we are about to start committee meetings, there is another price increase, why then will government seek a court injunction and use other measures if it is not their business?JAMB Result
“It seems we have entered a reign where Nigerians are being punished unnecessarily and where lies are coming up everywhere.
“NNPCL cannot import and say the commodity is imported by marketers, that is not true,” Ajaero said.
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Recent findings showed that the pump price of fuel surged to N617 per litre in the federal capital territory (FCT), Abuja and N568 in Lagos on Tuesday.
Reacting to the increase of fuel pump prices from N540/litr to N617/litr, NNPCL described the development as “market forces at play.”
The Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPCL, Mele Kyari offered the explanation after he met with the Vice President, Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
