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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Labor unions in Nigeria called Monday for a general nationwide strike to protest a government price hike on automobile fuel.
The strike is to begin Wednesday and said the work stoppage would continue until the increase is repealed, said Abdulwaheed Omar, president of the umbrella Nigerian Labor Congress.
He spoke with reporters in the capital, Abuja, after a meeting of the main workers' representation groups. The unions claim 5 million workers among Nigeria's population of 140 million people.
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