ABUJA - Nigerian trade unions will start an indefinite general strike in Africa's top oil producer tomorrow to protest rising prices and privatisation, the umbrella union body said yesterday.
The Nigeria Labour Congress set the strike in motion after the expiry yesterday of an ultimatum to reverse a fuel price increase, a doubling of value-added tax and the sale of two big oil refineries. - Reuters
Strike over fuel price rise
ABUJA - Nigerian trade unions will start an indefinite general strike in Africa's top oil producer tomorrow to protest rising prices and privatisation, the umbrella union body said yesterday.
The Nigeria Labour Congress set the strike in motion after the expiry yesterday of an ultimatum to reverse a fuel price increase, a doubling of value-added tax and the sale of two big oil refineries. - Reuters
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