Nigeria: Don't Blink or Waver, Activist Urges Citizens

16 January 2012

London — Labour leaders and Nigerians currently engaged in mass protests against the removal of fuel subsidy by the government of President Goodluck Jonathan have been charged not to relent or waver until the "pain and injustice inflicted on the silent majority of Nigerians" is reversed.

An activist and chairperson of Women in Africa Organisation, Ms Alice Ukoko who made the charge in a statement issued in London said "Nigerians must stand together to save Nigeria," and called on the international community to "stand in solidarity and support of the cause of the Nigerian people."

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