Senior Special Assistant to the President on Print Media, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz has reacted to the allegation being made by the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero that President Tinubu betrayed the Organized Labour, claiming that labour accepted the N70,000 national minimum wage instead of its demand of N250,000, based on an understanding that the pump price of PMS would not be increased.

Reacting, Abdulaziz, on his verified X handle, @Abdulfagge, said he was in the last two meetings where President Tinubu met with labour leaders.

He noted that there was none where an offer was made in exchange of fuel price hike, describing Ajaero’s claims as “dirty politics” aimed at manipulating the emotions of Nigerians.

Abdulaziz claimed that he personally attended the two meetings and that at no time was any offer made in exchange for a fuel price hike. 

According to him, “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 of fuel price hike. 

“Ajaero is once again playing his dirty politics with the emotions of Nigerians,” Abdulaziz said.

The NLC allegation of betrayal was as a result of the recent increase of petrol pump price from N617 per litre to N897 by the Nigeria National Petroluem Company Limited, NNPCL