Fuel Price: Labour Leader Shares Alleged Cause of Hikes in Petrol Cost in Nigeria
- A top labour leader, Festus Osifo, has said the rise in exchange rate (depreciation of the naira) often hikes the price of petroleum products
- Osifo explained that the naira-dollar exchange rate's fluctuation directly increases the fuel price index
- The TUC boss said his organisation has already presented their 'worry' to state governors regarding how the exchange rate reportedly shoots up fuel price
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FCT, Abuja - Festus Osifo, president of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), on Wednesday, January 1, 2025, said the naira-to-dollar exchange rate's fluctuation is the cause of hikes in fuel price in Nigeria.
In an interview with Channels Television on Wednesday evening, January 1, 2025, monitored by Legit.ng, Osifo explained why petrol presently sells for more than N1,000 per litre in several filling stations in West Africa's largest economy.
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Osifo said:
“Nigerians, we were just championing, that the cost of PMS is quite high. Yes, it is true. And we said in that our document that what is responsible for even the cost of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or petrol to be where it is today, is actually the exchange rate.”
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) president continued:
“If this government, as at last year, if they actually wanted to manage the exchange rate, to solve N1,000 to a dollar, it could have been done.
“We championed this last year (2024), but because what was giving the governors more money, what made the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) allocation to increase, is actually the proceed from the exchange rate, not majorly from the proceed of subsidy removal.“
Read more on naira-to-dollar exchange rate:
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- Naira to end 2024 on new note as traders, currency dealers sell dollar at new rates
- Experts predict new exchange for the naira in 2025 as dollar crashes in official window
Labour pushes for minimum wage increase in 2025
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Osifo said organised labour is pushing for an annual increase in the national minimum wage paid to workers in Nigeria.
Osifo explained that it is important that the minimum wage paid to workers reflects a rise in inflation every year. Also, the TUC boss stated that members of the organisation and their colleagues in the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have begun talks on the issue.
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