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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria's powerful labor unions launched a general strike Wednesday to protest government price hikes, leaving many schools and banks shuttered and normally bustling streets quieter in Africa's oil giant.
The unions, including Nigerian workers in the oil industry, rejected concessions by new President Umaru Yar'Adua's government on Tuesday aimed at averting the action and said Wednesday the work stoppage was under way.
"The strike is going on. The people have complied," said Owei Lakemfa, a spokesman for the umbrella Nigerian Labor Congress.
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