Nigerian anger heats up as petrol prices rocket
Abuja, 02 Jan – (ANA) - Nigerian motorists and unions vented their anger today at a sudden doubling of fuel prices, a day after government subsidies were removed in a sweeping economic reform that could trigger mass protests.
Opposition leaders, unionists and local rights groups have condemned the move by the state's fuel regulator, which they say will heave up prices in a nation already to expensive for the majority of its citizens living on less than $ 2 per day.
Many fuel stations in the capital Abuja and main commercial city Lagos were shut today while they waited to figure out how to adjust their prices. Those that were open were jammed with queues and selling at prices of up to 150 naira per litre, up from a fixed price of 60 naira before. (ANA)
FA/ANA/02 January 2012-----------