Upah also said the latest hike in pump price of petrol is contrary to the agreement reached by FG and Nigerian workers
By Kehinde Okeowo
Spokesman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Benson Upah, has said with the decision of the President Bola Tinubu-led government to hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise called petrol, Nigerians could end up buying the product at N5,000 per litre.
He made this known during a recent interview with Weekend Trust, while reacting to the recent hike in fuel pump price.
Upah also said the latest increment by the federal government is contrary to the agreement it reached with the NLC.
He urged Nigerians to rice up and resist arbitrary increments, saying subsidy was never restored as claimed by the FG,
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Speaking during the chat, Upah said: “Subsidy was never restored at any point in time as they claimed.
“So, what will inform moving the pump price of PMS from N650 to N1,500 or N2,000?
“I want to tell you something, what this signals is that Nigerians have not seen the end yet, we may end up paying nothing less than N5,000 per liter for fuel in this country. We hope not to get there but if we get there, the decision will be left to Nigerians.”
