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Tinubu did not betray or deceive anyone on fuel price – TDF

…Says NLC is wrong

The Democratic Front (TDF) on Thursday, debunked claims by the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, that President Bola Tinubu deceived Labour into accepting the N70,000 Minimum Wage, instead of further increases in prices of Petroleum products.

In a statement signed by Danjuma Muhammad, Chairman and Wale Adebayo, Secretary, TDF maintained that the President could not have been emphatic and decisive on the pump price of fuel in a deregulated market.

Recall that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), while reacting to the increase in price of Petrol to N865 per litre on Tuesday, stated that the President deceived Labour into accepting the option of N70,000 as minimum wage, instead of an increase in the price of Petrol.

Following the increase, the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC called on the federal government to reverse the planned implementation of the increase in the price of the Premium Motor Spirit PMS.

NLC, in the five-point demands that followed, said the various organs of the Union would meet to take further action if the government fails to heed its demands.

“We demand the immediate reversal of the latest increase in the pump of PMS across the country; The Union also called on the federal government to release all those incarcerated or being prosecuted on the assumption of having participated in the recent protests;

Other demands include a halt to the indiscriminate arrest and detention of citizens on trumped-up charges, reversal of the 250% tariff hike in electricity, as well as a stop to the hijack of the duties of the Ministry of Labour and Employment;

The NLC also called for an end to policies that engender hunger and insecurity; as well as a halt to the government’s culture of terror, fear and lying.

“We are guided by our belief in our country and the need to secure and sustain its sovereignty, integrity and welfare of the people.

“In the coming days, the appropriate organs of the Congress will be meeting to take appropriate decisions which will be made public.”

Ajaero said the NLC is ” filled with a deep sense of betrayal as the federal government clandestinely increases the pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit PMS,

According to him, ” One of the reasons for accepting N70,000 as the national minimum wage was the understanding that the pump price of PMS would not be increased even as we knew that N70,000 was not sufficient but the TDF, in their reaction, stated that Labour and government mutually negotiated and agreed on the minimum wage.

The TDF claim also reinforces earlier denial by Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Print Media.

According to him, ” I at through the two meetings President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had with Labour leaders on minimum. At neither of the meetings was an offer made in exchange of fuel price hike. Ajaero is once again playing his dirty politics with the emotions of Nigerians”.

TDF said: “Once again, we are disappointed with the often repeated wrong postulations of the Joe Ajaero-led Nigerian Labour Congress against the government and person of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, adding that most of what they say can not add up.

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