Just In: NNPC to Hike Fuel Price, as Tanker Drivers Suspend Strike

Petroleum Tankers Drivers, PTD, branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural gas Workers, NUPENG, Monday, suspended their strike action to allow for further dialogue with the Federal Government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.

At a meeting in Abuja, called at the instance of the NNPC Group Managing Director, Mr. Maikanti Baru, the Federal Government also kick-started the process for a hike in the prices of petroleum products, with the products likely to sell between N147 and N150 per litre.