NLC threatens automatic strike if fuel price goes up again

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC has threatened to automatically kick off nationwide strike if the price of premium motor spirit, PMS, otherwise called fuel goes up beyond the current rate which has pauperised Nigerians.

NLC made the revelation just as marketers have proposed N720 per litre of petrol as the Naira approaches N1000 to one Dollar.

President of NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, who spoke at a meeting of the African Alliance of Trade Unions meeting in Abuja said NLC commence a nationwide strike action without any formal notice to the Federal Government if there is any further increase in the pump price of petrol without conclusion of ongoing negotiations and palliatives put in place.

Ajaero, pleaded with the Federal government to change “those bad economic policies that make current wages next to nothing.

“As we’re here now. They’re contemplating increasing the pump price of petroleum products. But the Minister of Labor for some time now, will only go to the Minister of Justice to come up with an injunction to hold the hands of labour not to respond. They have started floating ideas of a likely increase in the price of petroleum products.

“But let me say this. Nigeria workers will not give any strike notice if we have not addressed the consequences of the last two increases in fuel pump price, and we wake up from our sleep to hear that they have tampered with the fuel pump price again.”