The Federal Government says it will continue negotiations with organised Labour Unions on the new fuel price regime in the country. Rising from the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Federal Government maintains it took the Labour Union to court to prevent the breakdown of law and order in the country.
The arrival of President Muhammadu Buhari into the council chambers at 10am signals the commencement of the first federal executive council meeting after the hike in petrol pump price from 87 to 145 naira by government. Ministers of Labour and Employment, Power, Works and Housing, Information and Culture and the Attorney General took turn to brief State House Correspondents about deliberations at the meeting.
Expectedly, the planned industrial action by organised Labour Unions as a fallout of the recent hike in pump price of petrol forms the crux of the briefing. According to Minister of Labour and Employment, Government is open to negotiations on the new pump price.
