Petrol hike: Labour leaders walk out on FG

On Sunday night, labour leaders walked out of its scheduled meeting with the federal government.

The meeting was to take updates on the hikes in petrol pump price and the electricity tariffs.

At the meeting, which started at 8:18pm were Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) president Ayuba Wabba, his Trade Union Congress (TUC) counterpart Quadri Olaleye and National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) general secretary Joe Ajaero, among other union leaders.

Trouble started when Olaleye raised the issue of the latest hike in petrol pump price from 160 to 170 naira accusing the government of insincerity.

Olaleye also noted that the meeting agenda was not properly prioritised.

When informed that the unions were insisting on discussing the fuel pump price hike first, the minister said the agenda of the meeting could not be changed unilaterally, adding that there was no consensus on it.

The minister told the labour team that he was in charge and that no one should decide for him how to handle the meeting.