Nigeria: Labour insists on January 21 fuel strike

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has reiterated its decision to embark on strike action on January 21, and asked the Federal Government to account for the income it generated from the deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry, even as it declared “illegal and unconstitutional” the fuel tax. The national executive of the NLC which endorsed the strike stated that “the duration and the character” of the strike shall be decided by the national administrative council of the NLC before the commencement of the strike.