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We won’t accept fuel price hike, subsidy removal —NLC

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THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) rose from an emergency meeting of its Central Working Committee (CWC) on Tuesday night with a threat to liaise with civil society allies to mobilise workers and the Nigerian masses against any form of increase in the prices of petroleum products.
Speaking after the meeting held at the Labour House, Abuja, NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, said the Nigerian workers, led by the NLC, would not accept any fuel price increase.
He pointed out that the position of NLC on the removal of fuel subsidy had not changed, adding that the Nigerian people were not responsible for the current challenges the nation was going through.
Wabba said government should rather focus on how to make all the local refineries work, rather than importing refined products from outside the country.
He stated further that the congress would not accept any situation where the Nigerian workers would be made to pay for the decay in the system, pointing out that the removal of subsidy on petroleum products was not the solution to the current challenges facing the country.
He wondered why those who were part of the protest against subsidy removal in the last dispensation suddenly became its advocate, speaking in favour of it.
“What we are demanding for, which is clear, is that we should benefit from the falling price of crude oil, but because we are an import-dependent nation, we are not benefitting.
“Why must we continue to import and have subsidy in place? If we are not importing, by now, we should be paying lower. We remain consistent on those positions,” he said.
Speaking on the N18,000 minimum wage, he said the governors did not have the right to tinker with the workers’ salary, as it could only be done through the National Assembly.
The national minimum wage, he said, was long due for review, pointing out that the labour would make presentation to the appropriate authorities for the review of the minimum wage which, according to him, ought to be done every five years.

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