The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has asked the federal government to reverse the petrol price hike.
On Wednesday, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited increased the price of petrol across its retail outlets.
In a statement, Joe Ajaero, president of the NLC, said the labour union is “dismayed” by the petrol hike without commensurate financial capacity of Nigerians.
Ajaero said the latest petrol price hike has “grossly altered the calculation” of Nigerians, who are still trying to adjust to the current economic realities.
Advertisement“In light of this, we urge the government to immediately reverse this rate hike as previous increases did not produce any good results...
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