NAIROBI, Kenya ? For many Nigerians the only good thing their government has done?for them is provide cheap fuel by subsidizing the cost of imported?fuel, but at the start of this year President Goodluck Jonathan?removed subsidies, and prices doubled and the people are not happy.
The president's decision, which on the plus side will both save the?state money and challenge some long standing vested interests, has?triggered a nascent Occupy Nigeria movement and, today, a widespread?national strike.
The?irony of course is that Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil producer, but?the total failure by a succession of governments to invest in any kind?of refining, preferring to cash in quick by selling crude oil to?mostly foreign companies, means the country imports its petrol and?other fuel products.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/africa-emerges/nigeria-news-national-strike-over-oil-subsidies-continues
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