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Nigeria: Oil drivers suspend strike as gov’t pledges to lower cost of diesel
Tue. July 15, 2008 07:35 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. -
(SomaliNet) After the Nigerian government pledged to lower the cost of diesel, Nigeria's petrol tanker drivers suspended a nationwide strike that had sparked panic fuel-buying, a senior union official said on Monday.
"We suspended our action on Saturday night after promises from the oil minister that he would find a way to subsidise fuel prices," said Pius Ikechi, the deputy president of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers.
In June, the Nigerian government was forced to freeze domestic petrol prices for another six months to prevent protests. - Reuters
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