NLC gives FG two-week ultimatum to cut petrol price, renegotiate minimum wage

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has issued a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to trim petrol prices and commence the renegotiation of the nationalist minimum wage.

The ultimatum was contained successful a communiqué signed by NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, aft a associated gathering of the National Executive Council (NEC) and Central Working Committee (CWC) connected Thursday successful Abuja.

The gathering deliberated connected the authorities of the nation, economical hardship, rising outgo of surviving and what the NLC described arsenic existential threats confronting workers and the masses.

“The associated gathering issues a two-week ultimatum to the national government, opening from Friday, October 9, 2026.

“Within this period, authorities is expected to instrumentality measures to trim the terms of petrol crossed the federation and commence the process of renegotiating a caller nationalist minimum wage.

“Failure of which the NLC volition beryllium compelled to instrumentality remedial steps arsenic would beryllium directed by the applicable organs,” Ajaero said.

He said the existent nationalist minimum wage had been eroded by the depreciation of the naira and rising outgo of living, leaving...