President Bola Tinubu has vowed to stop the incessant increase in petrol pump price.
Speaking on Tuesday, August 15 in Abuja, the special adviser to the President on media and publicity, Ajuri Ngelale said that his principal has promised to put a halt to the increasing.
Lamenting that proposed strike by the NLC is premature, he pleadedl for all stakeholders in the country to hold their peace”We have heard very recently from the organised labour movement in the country with respect to their most recent threat.
“We believe that the threat was premature and that there is a need on all sides to ensure that fact-finding and diligence is done on what the current state of the downstream and midstream petroleum industry is before any threats or conclusions are arrived at or issued.”
Stressing Tinubu asssurance that thr NNPC Limited will not increase in the pump price of petroleum motor spirit anywhere in the country, Ngelale further emphasized that Tinubu is determined to maintain competitive tension within all sub-sectors of the petroleum industry.
“We repeat, the president affirms that there will be no increase in the pump price of petroleum motor spirit.”