Reply #7: Nigeria's fuel strike heads into second day

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Abuja - Millions of Nigerian workers marked the second day of a nationwide general strike on Thursday as labour leaders turned up the pressure on President Olusegun Obasanjo's government over fuel prices.

Government officials insisted that they had complied with a court order and forced private filling stations to cut prices by around a fifth, as demanded by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and other union bodies.

But union leaders in Lagos and Abuja said they would not call off the strike until they had confirmed for themselves that prices had fallen.

"We are going out to monitor the filling stations' compliance with the court order. This will help us decide our next line of action," said NLC spokesman Owei Lakemfa as he led a convoy of activists onto the streets of Lagos.

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