By Anthony Isibor
THE Presidency has refuted the allegations made by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) that President Bola Tinubu reneged on a promise to keep fuel prices stable.
Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, a media aide to the President, while reacting to NLC’s allegations in a tweet described labours claims as “dirty politics.”
Abdulaziz who said he was present at two meetings between President Tinubu and labour leaders during minimum wage negotiations noted that there was no discussion of a fuel price hike in exchange for a minimum wage increase.
Abdulaziz dismissed the NLC’s claims, saying that President Tinubu never made such a promise.
He 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.”
Recall that the NLC on Tuesday had accused President Tinubu of betraying the trust of Nigerians by increasing fuel prices despite a promise to maintain stable prices. The labour union claimed that an important condition for accepting the N70,000 national minimum wage was a guarantee that fuel prices would not be increased.
The NLC has condemned the government’s recent fuel price hike, describing it as a betrayal of trust. The labour union has demanded a reversal of the fuel price increase, an end to the crackdown on protesters, and a halt to the encroachment on the Ministry of Labour and Employment’s duties.
With report from PoliticsNigeria.
