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Nigerian unions meet with president amid fuel strikes
Nigerian unions met with President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday after threatening to shut down crude oil production but said their strike will continue. Demonstrators are protesting against the end of fuel subsidies, which has doubled petrol prices.
By News Wires (text)
AFP - Negotiations on Thursday between labour leaders and Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan made progress but have not concluded and a nationwide strike will continue, a union leader said.
"The outcome is that we have not concluded discussions yet, but we have had very fruitful discussions," Nigeria Labour Congress president Abdulwahed Omar told journalists on the fourth day of the strike.
"We have to continue on Saturday afternoon... Until we conclude the discussions, we maintain the status quo," he said after talks broke up for the day.
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The meeting between labour leaders and Jonathan was the first since the strike that has brought tens of thousands into the streets in protest against the scrapping of fuel subsidies began on Monday.
Earlier Thursday, Nigeria's main oil workers union said it would begin shutting down crude production on Sunday in Africa's largest oil producer as it piled pressure on the president ahead of the talks.
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Goodluck Jonathan Leadership
I said it during the election that GEJ did not merit Nigerians' votes because he had not shown any sign of imaginative leadership in the period he served as the acting president. Also, the man was fond of acting/talking before reasoning. I'm sure those who voted for based on ethnic sentiments must be licking their wounds by now. As for me, I have little regret because i never voted for the dunce. Let any reasonable Nigerian take a second look at GEJ's electoral promises as he moved from towns to towns. He had new things to say everywhere he went. What do we have now?
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