Fuel strike enters second day
2008-07-12 19:11
Lagos - Long queues of motorists formed at petrol stations in Nigeria on Saturday as a truck drivers strike to protest soaring fuel prices entered its second day.
"We will not lift petroleum products from the depots until the government brings down the price of diesel and kerosene," said Peter Akpatason, president of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers.
Akpatason said fuel prices had more than doubled in recent months and the government had not managed to do anything about it.
"We gave government a 21-day ultimatum which expired on Thursday without any results," he said.
A litre of diesel currently sells for up to 200 naira.
"I have been at this station for the past three hours without any hope that I will get petrol for my car," a motorist told AFP in Ikoyi in central Lagos.