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Nigeria:
Nation Braces for Fuel Strike
Vanguard, 9 January 2012
Rising from an extraordinary emergency session yesterday, members of the House of Representatives asked the executive arm of government to suspend the removal of subsidy on… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Union Leaders Go Underground
The Moment, 8 January 2012
LEADERS of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) may have gone underground 24 hours to the nationwide strike slated to begin today over the Federal Government's insistence on removal… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Jonathan Announces Cuts in Govt Spending
Leadership, 8 January 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan has announced that with effect from this year, salaries of political office holders in the country's executive arm of government will be slashed by 25… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Jonathan Slashes Govt Spending After Fuel Price Hikes
This Day, 8 January 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan Saturday announced measures to curb government expenditure in line with a belt-tightening regime arising from the removal of the subsidy on petrol that… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nation Set for Nationwide Strike Over Fuel Prices
RNW Africa, 9 January 2012
Nigeria braced for a nationwide strike on Monday over soaring fuel prices amid increasingly volatile protests and with security forces already under pressure over spiralling… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Why Strike Must Go On Tomorrow, By NLC
Vanguard, 8 January 2012
Last minute moves by the Federal Governemnt to avert nationwide strike on the heels of the removal of subsidy on petrol apparently failed as Labour insisited, yesterday, that the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Lawyers Caution Labour Against Defying Court Order
This Day, 8 January 2012
Lawyers Saturday cautioned organised labour against going ahead with the proposed nationwide strike from tomorrow in view of the restraining order by the National Industrial Court. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Jonathan Speaks on 'Fight Against Terrorism'; Fuel Subsidy - Full Text
Vanguard, 7 January 2012
NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR, ON THE DEREGULATION OF THE DOWNSTREAM PETROLEUM SECTOR SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 2012 Read more »
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Nigeria:
Fuel Subsidy Removal, Paradox of a Nation
Leadership, 8 January 2012
Despite the criticisms, nationwide debates and talk shows, the Federal Government went ahead and removed the controversial fuel subsidy Putting the country at crossroads. In this… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Crowds Draw Money Ahead of Strike
Leadership, 8 January 2012
Commercial banks in Lagos witnessed massive patronage as customers rushed to make withdrawal of cash in preparation for the planned nationwide strike by organised labour, the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
We Are Not Aware of Court Order - TUC
Leadership, 8 January 2012
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has denied being aware of any court order restraining the organised labour from going ahead with its planned nationwide strike scheduled… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Govt Tries to Delay Legislators From Convening on Fuel Prices
Leadership, 8 January 2012
Worried by the significant impact the emergency "special session" of the National Assembly would have on its fuel subsidy policy, even as organised labour prepares for an all-out… Read more »
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Nigeria:
We Didn't Promise April Date to Remove Subsidy - Okonjo-Iweala
Vanguard, 8 January 2012
"THERE was never a time the president said the withdrawal of oil subsidy would be in April as published in some media. I did not say so either. The April date was the handiwork of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Labour Set to Defy Court Order Stopping Strike
This Day, 7 January 2012
Organised Labour appeared set last night to disobey the court order stopping the strike it slated for Monday to protest the removal of fuel subsidy in the country. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Unions to Ignore Fuel Strike Court Order
Vanguard, 7 January 2012
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has denied knowledge of any court action filed against it and therefore insists that it cannot abide by a judicial pronouncement in a matter in it… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Labour Declares Total Strike Monday
Vanguard, 5 January 2012
UNLESS the Federal Government reverts fuel price to N65 per litre, Nigeria's economy would be shut down as from Monday, January 9, the Organised Labour has threatened. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Labour Unions Call National Strike Monday
Daily Trust, 5 January 2012
Main labour unions NLC and TUC yesterday called for indefinite national strike and mass demonstrations starting on Monday to protest the scrapping of fuel subsidy which more than… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Subsidy - Why We Support Indefinite Strike - Labour Allies
Vanguard, 5 January 2012
JANUARY 1, 2012 removal of subsidy on Petrol and subsequent hike in the pump price of the product, came unexpectedly and on a day when Nigerian workers like most of their… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Labour to Shut Oil Installations, Airports, Banks Next Monday
Daily Trust, 4 January 2012
The Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria have said that the nation's oil production centres, air and seaports, banks, fuel stations and others would… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Fuel Subsidy Removal - Labour Strategises for Mass Action
This Day, 4 January 2012
The Federal Government took Nigerians by surprise on New Year Day when it publicly announced the formal withdrawal of fuel subsidy with effect from January 1, 2012. Linda Eroke,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Mass Action - CNPP Backs Labour, Decries Rampant Corruption
The Moment, 6 January 2012
THE Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) yesterday rose from its emergency meeting in Abuja, with a resolve to support the January 9 Mass Action called by the labour… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Unions Threaten to Shut Down Nigeria Amid Fuel Price Anger
RNW Africa, 4 January 2012
Nigeria's main labour unions on Wednesday threatened to shut down the country next week amid increasingly volatile protests over soaring petrol prices in Africa's largest oil… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Fuel Subsidy - FG Insists On Removal, Labour Vows Strike
This Day, 4 January 2012
There are indications that the nation will be experiencing a long-drawn period of unrest following the Federal Executive Council's insistence Wednesday on sticking to government's… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Subsidy - We'll Shut Down Nation On Monday - NLC, TUC
Leadership, 4 January 2012
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has demanded that the Presidency immediately reverses fuel prices to N65. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Unions Call National Strike Over Fuel Subsidy
This Day, 4 January 2012
Barring last minute reversal of the Federal Government decision to remove subsidy on fuel, the organised labour has fixed January 11 for the commencement of a nationwide strike. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Marketers Move to Infiltrate Labour Over Subsidy
Vanguard, 5 January 2012
A plot by fifth columnists in the business community to take advantage of the planned strike action by organised labour has been uncovered. Read more »