On Tuesday, Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the leadership of the upper legislative body met with organised labour at the National Assembly complex in Abuja.
According to Comrade Joe Ajaero, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), labour met parliamentarians at the invitation of the Senate to voice their concerns about the subsidy removal.
Comrade Ajaero stated at the meeting that the increase in the expense of PMS without anything on the ground to alleviate the pain is terrible.
He added that during the protest which organized labour took to the National Assembly, the unions presented a document that encapsulates their demands and it the belief that the leadership has looked at the document.
The NLC boss argued that Nigerians are suffering because of the increase in PMS which is at the centre of economic activities and it affects everyone when it’s touched.
Asides from the NLC chief, the President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) Comrade Festus Osifo and some members of the unions, are also in the meeting.
Organised labour is pushing for a reduction in the pump price of petroleum following the removal of subsidy on the product.
The TUC and NLC are also demanding an increase in minimum wage among others.
Recently, they organised a nationwide protest to push their demands but suspended it after a meeting with the Federal Government which took them to court (later withdrew the case).