Again NLC sets for mother of all protest over planned new hike in price of fuel

By allcitynews.ng

Barely few days after suspense of earlier planned protest, Organised Labour on Monday, 14 August 2023 vowed to go back in mobilising Nigerian masses, especially Nigerian workers for mother of all protest if and when price of fuel is increased again.

NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero who made this known reiterated the readiness of NLC to go ahead with a complete, all-encompassing and indefinite nationwide shutdown,  if the current N617 Naira pump price for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol or fuel increase again in a manner it deems “illegal.”

Making this known during the just concluded African Trade Union Alliance conference in Abuja, where organised labour held a meeting, Ajaero similarly warned against undercutting the union’s demands.

He said the fresh protest would take place without further notice if Nigérians are further pushed to the wall with fresh hike.

It would be recalled that oil marketers on Sunday, 13 August 2023 suggested that, if the dollar continue to trade between N910 and N950 on the black market, the price of Premium Motor Spirit, more commonly known as petrol, will jump to between N680/lite and N720/litre in the coming weeks.

It would also be recalled that the organised labour had on Thursday, August 4, 2023, stepped down the planned protest following a meeting with the President, Bola Tinubu