True to their promise, workers in the oil and gas industry, under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, shunned the ongoing strike action called by organized labour to protest the hike in the price of petrol to between N135 and N145 per litre.

The strike commenced across the nooks and crannies of Kwara state Wednesday as workers and teachers in both primary and post primary schools complied with the directive of the national leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) to embark on the strike over the alleged refusal of the federal government to reduce the pump price of petrol from N145 per liter to N86 per liter despite the court order that stopped the union from embarking on the strike

No fewer than 40 lock-up shops with different auto spare parts worth millions of naira were, on Wednesday morning, destroyed by early morning fire at the Ladipo Auto-Market in Mushin, Lagos State

Labour movement in a peaceful demonstration against PMS price hike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress and some of the affiliates on the streets of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi Adeshida

Workers in Abuja defiled the nation wide strike as virtually all civil servants at all levels reported to their respective offices against the directive of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC).