By Seyi Babalola
The Presidency blasted Joe Ajaero, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), for claiming that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu misled labour leaders by raising petrol prices.
Ajaero said that labour agreed to the N70,000 national minimum wage on the condition that the pump price of PMS would not be increased.
Responding to Ajaero’s accusation, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Print Media, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, on his verified X account, @Abdulfagge, stated that he was there at the previous two sessions where Tinubu met with Labour leaders and that no offer was provided in exchange for a gasoline price increase.
Abdulaziz described Ajaero’s claims as “dirty politics” aimed at manipulating the emotions of Nigerians.
He said that he attended the two meetings and no offer was made in exchange for a fuel price hike, contradicting Ajaero’s assertions.
“I sat through the two meetings President @officialABAT had with Labour leaders on minimum wage. At neither of the meetings was an offer made in exchange for the fuel price hike.
“Ajaero is once again playing his dirty politics with the emotions of Nigerians,” Abdulaziz said.
