President of NLC, Joe Ajaero, in a statement he personally signed said “This increment has come in the heels of unresolved contestations around the insane 250 percent hike in tariff leading to national paralysis including the shutting down of 300 businesses as disclosed by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN.
“This increment has come in the heels of unresolved contestations around the insane 250 percent hike in tariff leading to national paralysis including the shutting down of 300 businesses as disclosed by per MAN. The 250 percent hike drew the ire of the citizenry and rage of organised labour whose members went on a one-day protest for its unreasonableness and violation of extant rules of tariff hike.
We have no doubt that this frequent crass display of insincerity and insensitivity will pit the people against government or vice versa.