Tinubu didn’t promise labour he won’t increase fuel price – Presidency
CHIGOZIE AMADI
The Presidency on Wednesday denied allegations from the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Joe Ajaero that President Bola Tinubu broke a promise to keep fuel prices stable.
Ajaero had accused the President of betraying Nigerians by increasing fuel prices despite assurances to the contrary.
A media aide to President Tinubu, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz dismissed the NLC’s claims as “dirty politics.”
He said that during two meetings between President Tinubu and labour leaders, there was no discussion linking a minimum wage increase to a fuel price hike.
Abdulaziz emphasized that the President made no such promise.
In response to the NLC’s accusations, Abdulaziz tweeted, “I sat through the two meetings President @officialABAT had with Labour leaders on minimum wage. At neither of the meetings was an offer made in exchange for a fuel price hike. Ajaero is once again playing his dirty politics with the emotions of Nigerians.”
The NLC, however, insists that the recent increase in fuel prices is a violation of the conditions under which they accepted the new N70,000 national minimum wage.
