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FUEL SUBSIDY STRIKE DAY4: FG REFUSES TO SHIFT GROUND--LABOUR SAYS STRIKE CONTINUES

The meeting between the Organised Labour and the Federal Government, at the Presidential Villa, has ended in a deadlock.

The government’s side was led by President Goodluck Jonathan while the presidents of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Mr. Abdulwaheed Omar, and Trade Congress, Mr. Peter Esele, led a 17-man delegation from organised Labour and civil society to the meeting.

Omar told journalists after the meeting that, the strike continues tomorrow across the country as compromise is being made but no agreement has been reached yet as negotiations continue on Saturday,14th of January.