The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed to keep resisting the hike of petrol price from N86 to N145 despite some of the failures its planned nationwide strike action suffered on Wednesday.
The President of NLC, Ayuba Wabba, speaking on the second day of the strike noted that the Union had not received any invitation from the Federal Government to return to the negotiating table.
The government on its part however, has continued to warn that anyone who engages in the planned strike should be ready to lose wages in effect.
Wabba, speaking on the continuation of the strike said, “This is about policy engagement. This action is to resist a policy that has been imposed on us and therefore we have made the point clearly. NLC must be seen to be consistent in standing by the truth and by the people to the extent that those policies are not consistent with the ideas of ensuring social justices.”
“We will continue to resist the N145 fuel pump price which has been imposed on us because this is a further exploitation and increase to the hardship in the land. Therefore we thought that we should make this position known. We are not worried that we are fighting this battle alone, because historically NLC has always stand with people.”
“Let me also tell you one important fact that Nigerians do not known. This process of continuous importation, if we are not careful, the fuel cabal has now taken over and will determine how the product will be sold. That is why it will be difficult for refineries to be revived. They said that it is only market force that can determine the price.”
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