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Fuel strike ends

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    Fuel workers in Nigeria on Tuesday called off their four-day strike after oil company officials agreed to a 20 percent wage increase, ‘The Guardian’ reported.

    The strike had paralysed some parts of the country as filling stations ran out of fuel. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers had initially called for a wage increase of 25 percent. Employers had offered a 15 percent rise.

    Union leaders threatened to extend their strike to the crude oil sector if an agreement was not reached on Tuesday. Nigeria derives nearly all of its foreign exchange earnings from crude oil export.

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