Nigeria’s two main oil unions went on strike on 15 December, demanding that the government pass the long-delayed Petroleum Industry Bill, fix state-owned refineries and cut fuel prices in line with the fall in the price of crude, although pump prices are subsidised.While these are long-standing concerns, and strikes by white-collar union Pengassan and its manual workers’ affiliate Nupeng are not infrequent, commentators said union officials could be hoping for payoffs from a government keen to avoid fuel shortages in the run-up to presidential elections scheduled for 14 February.
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