•N1,000 per litre brutal assault on Nigerians, says opposition party
•NLC, TUC demand reversal, insist it’s breach of agreement with government
•LCCI, NACCIMA, OPS, others express concern over effect on businesses
Chuks Okocha, Onyebuchi Ezigbo, Micheal Olugbode, Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja, Dike Onwuamaeze, Emma Okonji and Agnes Ekebuike in Lagos
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and political organisation, Afenifere, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), and some civil society organisations (CSOs), yesterday, expressed outrage at the recent hike in petrol prices, lamenting that the federal government is inflicting further hardship on Nigerians.
PDP rejected what it described as the punishing increase in the pump price of premium motor spirit (PMS) to over N1,000 per litre in various parts of the country. The leading opposition party stressed that it was a brutal assault on the sensibility and…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
