National Union of Road Transport Workers has asked the Federal Government to reverse the current increment in the price of petrol and electricity . Kwara State Chairman of NURTW, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Ariwoola , while condemning the increase in fuel price on Friday , said it would cause hardship for the people . Ariwoola lamented that those in the transportation business had yet to get out of the effect of the COVID - 19 pandemic , before the government added “insult to injury of transport workers by increasing the pump price of fuel . ” He said that the government had previously assured the transport workers that it would reduce the fuel price , adding that the reverse is now the case . “Government should immediately reverse the price of fuel if it does not want the transport workers to jerk up the transport fare . If the government insists on going with this policy , we in the transport business will have no alternative but to increase the transport fare for the passengers ,” he said . Also , the Executive Director , Community Outreach for Development and Welfare Advocacy , Mr Taiwo Otitolaye , said the hikes were condemnable , adding that the Federal Government was dancing to the dictate of the International Monetary Fund to deregulate the economy of Nigeria .