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January 17, 2012

Nigerian Unions Call for Strike to End 
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The Nigerian government has announced a partial cut in gas prices
following nine days of strikes and protests backed by many of Nigeria's
largest trade unions. On Monday, the Nigeria Labour Congress and the
Trade Union Congress called for the strike to end, but a third
organization, the Joint Action Front, said the protests should continue.

Abdulwaheed Omar, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress: "In the last
24 hours, the labor movement and its allies, who had the historic
responsibility of coordinating these mass actions, had cause to review
the various actions and decided that in order to save lives and in the
interest of national survival, these mass actions be suspended."

In other news from Nigeria, two oil workers are missing after an
offshore oil rig owned by Chevron caught fire on Monday.



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