The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has demanded urgent intervention from the Federal Government to cushion the effects of the recent spike in petrol prices
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‎It called for a cost-of-living allowance, a wage award for workers, tax relief, and immediate steps to revive the nation’s public refineries.
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‎The labour centre said the sharp rise in fuel prices, now selling between N1,170 and N1,300 per litre, had worsened the economic hardship warning that the nation risked severe social unrest if urgent measures were not taken.
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‎NLC also accused the government of leaving citizens at the mercy of the volatile global oil prices triggered by the escalating Middle East crisis,
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‎It further emphasized that the situation had exposed the fragility of the country’s downstream petroleum sector and deepened the suffering of workers and their families.
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‎In a statement signed by its President, Joe Ajaero, the Congress added that NLC voiced the collective anguish of millions of workers who were bearing the brutal cost of a global capitalist crisis they did not create.
Edited by Favour Owonibi.