Nigerian unions suspended nationwide strikes on Monday following President Goodluck Jonathan's decision to reinstate some petrol subsidies. Protests erupted last week after an end to subsidies caused petrol prices to more than double.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday announced a 30% cut in petrol prices as soldiers moved to disperse activists in a bid to end more than a week of nationwide strikes called by unions to protest against the end of fuel subsidies.
The first day of a nationwide strike brought Africa's most populous nation to a standstill. Thousands took to the streets of Nigeria's economic capital, Lagos, and other cities to voice their anger over the removal of fuel subsidies, which has doubled petrol prices and increased the cost of food and transport. President Goodluck Jonathan is also trying to manage heightened tensions between the country's Muslims and Christians.
Nigerian trade unions have called for a national strike and mass demonstrations to shut down oil production and other sectors starting from Monday unless the government restores a fuel subsidy it scrapped this week.
Residents of the Nigerian capital of Lagos took to the streets on Tuesday in anger at the ending of fuel subsidies on Sunday with one demonstrator reportedly shot dead in the west of the country.
Police clashed with protesters in the Nigerian capital of Lagos Monday as anger mounted over the ending of fuel subsidies, a move which will more than double petrol prices in the poverty stricken country.
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