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The former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, at the weekend warned the that the recent increase in the pump price of Petrol has pushed the masses to their breaking point.
This came as human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, yesterday urged the Federal Government to ensure that the rehabilitation of the refineries is completed this September or take legal action against the contractors for breaching their contracts.
In another development, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, also asked President Bola Tinubu to direct the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, to immediately reverse the apparently “illegal and unconstitutional” hike in the pump price of petrol across its stations.
While the NLC asked Nigerians to reject and revolt against the price hike, Atiku said the situation of the average Nigerian and the economy will be worsened by planned increase Value Added Tax, VAT, coming on the heels of the recent hike in petrol price.
President of NLC, Joel Ajaero, speaking through the Deputy President and President-General of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, Prince Adewale Adeyanju, at the 2024 annual workshop organised by Labour Writers Association of Nigeria, LAWAN, with the theme “Challenges of Nigeria’s Economic Downturn: Survival Options for Workers, said: “As we engage the forces of retrogression, we want you to continue being on our side. It is your responsibility to continue letting Nigerians know the truth, even as we traverse the various barricades of intimidation and harassment in all guises. Refuse to be intimidated.
“Today, we gather amid a crisis of survival that has gripped Nigerian workers and citizens. This crisis is not an accident of fate but a direct consequence of ill-thought-out and ill-implemented policies by the Tinubu-led federal government.
‘’The hike in the price of petrol, the devaluation of the naira, and the unrelenting increases in electricity tariffs have compounded the hardships faced by ordinary Nigerians.
