The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has blamed the Federal Government over the hyper-inflation that has greeted the Liquified Natural Gas (LPG), commonly referred to as cooking gas.
The union said that it is disheartening to note that the price of refilling 12.5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) has risen by almost 100 pee cent percent over the past one year.
President and General Secretary of PENGASSAN Festus Osifo and Lumumba Okugbawa, who spoke on the issues affecting the populace, which required urgent attention, admonished government at all levels to quickly come together and find urgent solutions to the myriad of issues plaguing the nation to reduce the difficulties faced by the citizens.
Similarly, the Organised Labour also warn the Federal Government to be ready for another battle over its fresh move to increase petrol pump price by over 200 per cent. The union has placed workers under its platform on what it called “red alert”.
The Organised Labour in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari has told the presidency to be ready for another battle with Nigerians if he failes to arrest moves by functionaries in his administration to create “avoidable” labour and political crisis in the country.
The labour movement, while placing the workers under its platform on what it called “red alert”, also accused the presidency of trying to impose a new regime of fuel price hike on the country, thereby, subjecting Nigerians to severe hardship.
To make clear its position on the proposed fuel hike, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) recently summoned its three organs, the National Administrative Council (NAC), the Central Working Committee (CWC) and the National Executive Council (NEC), to an emergency meeting early December.
This, according to the labour centre, is to plan the next line of action in the event that the Federal Government goes ahead with its proposal.
Letters to that effect have been sent out and the meeting, among others, would give directive to the workers on the position of labour whenever government carries out its plan.
The Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari, announced that the price of petrol could rise to between N320 and N340 from February, 2022.
He said the price increase would be consequent on the plans by the Federal Government to remove subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit also commonly referred to as petrol or fuel.
Reacting, the NLC warned the Federal Government that the over 200 percent proposed hike on price of petroleum would further aggravate insecurity and possibly lead to citizens’ revolt.
The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, on the statements credited to Kyari and the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, noted that the contemplation by government to increase the price of petrol by more than 200 per cent was a perfect recipe for an aggravated pile of hyper-inflation and astronomical increase in the prices of goods and services.
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