Nigerian oil strike looms
2004-10-31 20:08
Lagos - Nigerian workers will disrupt their country's key oil exports of 2.5 million barrels per day when they launch an indefinite general strike on November 16, the country's top labour leader warned on Sunday.
"All the oil workers will be involved in the strike," Adams Oshiomhole, leader of the umbrella Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) told reporters.
"Last time there no disruption of the upstream oil sector. Now the only way for the government to listen is to interrupt the oil flow," he declared, referring back to a four-day "warning strike" held earlier this month.