Oil price hikes threaten protests in Nigeria

AMID fuel scarcity across the country and ahead of next month


However, should the government decide to act the way of its predecessor, ignoring the feelings of the poverty stricken Nigerians and goes ahead to hike the pump prices of petroleum products, it (labour) vowed to bring the government to its knees through strike and mass protests.

Labour and government had agreed last June on the price freeze that would last one year in the aftermath of a nationwide strike called to protest a hike in petroleum products prices.

The hike effected at the twilight of President Obasanjo administration had seen the price of petrol jumping from N65 to N75 before the negotiation between Labour and the new government of President Umaru Musa Yar