(Bloomberg) -- A nationwide general strike in Nigeria,
Africa's biggest oil producer, continued for a third day after
labor unions and the federal government failed to reach an
agreement over an increase in domestic fuel prices.
Peter Akpatason, the president of the National Union of
Petroleum & Natural Gas Workers, or Nupeng, said the next meeting
was scheduled for 9 a.m. today. Yesterday, oil unions withdrew
workers for export terminals in a bid to halt exports and intensify
pressure on the new administration of President Umuru Yar'Adua.
Read more at Bloomberg Emerging Markets News
Africa's biggest oil producer, continued for a third day after
labor unions and the federal government failed to reach an
agreement over an increase in domestic fuel prices.
Peter Akpatason, the president of the National Union of
Petroleum & Natural Gas Workers, or Nupeng, said the next meeting
was scheduled for 9 a.m. today. Yesterday, oil unions withdrew
workers for export terminals in a bid to halt exports and intensify
pressure on the new administration of President Umuru Yar'Adua.
Read more at Bloomberg Emerging Markets News
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