Trade Union Congress of Nigeria Vows To Resist Fuel Price Increase

planning to increase the pump price of fuel, the Federal Government should
improve people’s living conditions.

The TUC President, Mr Bobboi Kaigama and its Acting General-Secretary, Mr
Simeso Amachree, in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos, vowed to resist any
form of fuel increase above N145.

“The economy is already on its knees. We suggest that the government
should reduce the cost of governance and create a more friendly business
environment and jobs.

“The economy must be diversified. Government should set up an economic
team that will create modalities of finding the way out of recession,’’
the TUC said.

It said that government should not consider any increase in pump price of
fuel, because the call for review of minimum wage for workers had not been
harkened to.

“Federal government had yet to fulfill its promises and agreement with the
organised labour during the May protest against hike in fuel price,’’ it
said.

The TUC said that life had become difficult for Nigerians and the current
minimum wage could no longer cater for many families.

It urged government to enhance local production, build more refineries and
maintain stability of foreign exchange for the economy to improve.

TUC also advised the government to fulfill its promise based on which it
inaugurated a joint government-labour committee to determine the new
economically realistic national minimum wage.

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, said on
Monday that the NNPC had no plan to increase the pump price of fuel.