GOMBE, Nigeria — Africa’s most populous country ground to a halt on Monday, with electricity cut and major airports closed, as Nigeria’s largest labor unions began striking to demand a salary increase amid the worst cost of living crisis in decades.
President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms — including ending fuel subsidies — have resulted in surging inflation that is at a 28-year high.
In this latest strike, the fourth since Tinubu came to power a year ago, workers shut down the national electricity grid and drove away operators at a key transmission station, the Transmission Company of Nigeria said, adding that other workers sent to restore power were blocked.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/nigeria-loses-electricity-airports-close-unions-strike-rcna155349
An interesting story from an African nation facing inflationary pressure, similar to the U.S.
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