Nigeria’s main oil union said on 12 January it would shut down output from Africa’s biggest oil producer on 15 January if the government did not reverse its decision to remove popular fuel subsidies, Reuters reported.
Tens of thousands of Nigerians have been protesting up and down Africa’s most populous nation for four straight days in protest against the axing of the petrol subsidy, which more than doubled the price to around 150 naira per litre.
“PENGASSAN shall be forced to go ahead and apply the bitter option of ordering the systematic shutting down of oil and gas production with effect from … 0000 hours of Sunday January 15 (2300 GMT on Saturday January 14), if the federal government of Nigeria fails to yield to the popular agitation of Nigerians on her unacceptable approach to fuel subsidy removal,” the oil union said in a statement. Read the full story here.
