DC Demo Supports Striking Nigerian Workers
Friday, January 13, 2012
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Protesters rallied outside the World Bank building in Washington, D.C., on
Monday in support of Nigeria’s nation-wide strike opposing the soaring price
of fuel. After the government ended fuel subsidies January 1, prices doubled
overnight. The Washington action was aimed at the international financial
institutions that have long argued against domestic fuel subsidies in Nigeria
where long-term mismanagement and corruption have forced it to import 70 percent
of its fuel, even while it is the 10th largest producer of crude oil in the
world. The AFL-CIO announced its "solidarity with Nigerian workers who are
peacefully protesting the removal of fuel subsidies in their country" and
strongly condemned acts of violence targeted at intimidating and threatening
peaceful protesters. Click
here for Elizabeth Boomer's report.
