The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has condemned the planned move to limit the importation of petroleum products into the country to few operators in the oil and gas industry. The TUC, in a statement on Tuesday, described the move as monopolistic and a deliberate attempt to frustrate the challenges the PIB is intended to solve. “The market should be left open if the government truly wants to be sincere in addressing the problem of the sector,” it said. “The labour leaders urge the lawmakers to rise up and provide true leadership instead of serving the interest of few capitalists. It is high time ‘these principalities and powers’ removed their knees from the neck of Nigeria and Nigerians.”According to the statement, the TUC is not against the companies holding refining licences.

Source: Punch July 13, 2021 14:26 UTC