The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said on Wednesday the importation of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) was forced on the country by foreign organisations, IgbereTV reports.
The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, disclosed this to journalists on the sideline of the 48th National Executive Council meeting of the Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) in Abuja.
He said the labour would resist the proposed increase in fuel prices.
The NLC President said the congress would meet on Thursday to deliberate on the pronouncements made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and the Federal Government on fuel subsidy removal.
Wabba said: “NLC has remained very consistent in its position about the issue of what we call subsidy.
“The position of NLC is that Nigeria has no reason to continue to import refined products for domestic use particularly PMS because we’ve also found out that we are the only member country of Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) that is doing that.
