28 Apr No fuel price increase without fixing refineries, says NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress says NNPC must fix the country’s refineries in order to cut down on the importation of refined petroleum products by NNPC into Nigeria before any fuel price hike.
The Deputy President, NLC, Joe Ajaero, told the PUNCH on Tuesday that labour unions made this clear to the Federal Government during the last meeting on the petrol price matter.
Ajaero disclosed this while reacting to statements by NNPC that the corporation would only adjust petrol price after the Federal Government had concluded negotiations with labour.
Speaking on the delayed the meeting between labour and government on the petrol price matter, Ajaero said that the organised labour had made its position known on the matter.
He said, “After our last meeting with them, which was both on electricity tariff and petrol price, we were clear about it and we said go and do some of the stated items and that the refineries must work.
“That is the situation. So if they are talking of endless meeting and that they are meeting with us in view of increasing the pump price of petroleum products when the refineries are not working, then it won’t work.”
He added, “We were clear about it. You must have listened to the president of the congress that we can’t drive the sector based on imports. We are not going to base the pump price of petroleum products on imports. Our refineries must work.
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