{"id":133725,"date":"2024-10-09T23:17:40","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T22:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/latest-hike-in-pump-price-of-fuel-will-deepen-poverty-labour"},"modified":"2024-10-10T00:21:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T23:21:42","slug":"latest-hike-in-pump-price-of-fuel-will-deepen-poverty-labour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/latest-hike-in-pump-price-of-fuel-will-deepen-poverty-labour","title":{"rendered":"Latest hike in pump price of fuel will deepen poverty \u2014 Labour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, has criticised the Federal Government over the latest increment in the pump price of fuel.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt looks like the only thing this government is known for is the increase in the pump price of petrol without commensurate capacity of Nigerians or mitigatory measures.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven following the logic of market forces, we find it an aberration that a private company (NNPCL) is the one fixing prices and projecting itself as a hegemonic monopoly,\u201d Ajaero stated in his reaction on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

He challenged the government to go to the drawing board \u201cand present us with a blueprint for inclusive economic growth and national development instead of this spasmodic ad hocism and palliative policy.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also lamented that the latest wave of increase has grossly altered the calculations of Nigerians once again at a time when they were reluctantly coming to terms with their new realities.<\/p>\n

His words: \u201cIt will further deepen poverty as production capacities dip, more jobs lost with multidimensional negative effects.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn light of this, we urge the government to immediately reverse this rate hike as previous increases did not produce any good results. People only got poorer.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut more fundamentally, the government should be bold enough to tell Nigerians in advance the destination it wants to take the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

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