The minister of state for petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, been meeting with the labour unions to try to resolve the issues relating to the fuel price hike through dialogue.
Kachikwu has been making frantic efforts on behalf of the federal government to persuade the organised labour to shun its plans to embark on a nationwide strike, Vanguard reports.
“We have been meeting with the labour unions in our bid to carry them along on this matter. But government is ready to engage them further to ensure that we are on the same page in the interest of the nation,” a source familiar with the efforts to broker peace with labour told Vanguard.
“The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, had been meeting with the labour unions. NLC, TUC, PENGASSAN and NUPENG were all involved in the meeting that had in attendance the Minister and the National Assembly leadership.
“You will notice that NUPENG and PENGASSAN have supported the move by government to hike the price of petrol,” he said.
The source however noted that the NLC had raised objection on the composition of the Board of the PPPRA and that the government told them that work would be done on that.