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January 15th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
“The labour movement pledges that whenever and wherever government
invites us for talks, we shall be there.”
Abdulwahed Omar, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, said after meeting
government officials on Saturday evening that talks were “not
deadlocked, but we have not reached a compromise”.
President Goodluck Jonathan had long warned that he would scrap the
government-funded subsidy, which kept petrol, diesel and kerosene prices as
low as 26p a litre at the pumps.
The policy was costing his government an estimate £4.5bn a year, and sucking
up as much as 25 per cent of state spending.
But the removal of the subsidy immediately doubled fuel prices and caused the
costs of most basic commodities to rise sharply, causing panic and outrage
among ordinary Nigerians, most of whom survive on less than £1.50 a day.
Diplomats warned expatriates to stay indoors and to stock up on water, fuel
and food as the strike entered its second week.
Flights into Nigeria’s main airports in Lagos and Abuja, the capital, have
been disrupted.
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