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| Protesters at the Occupy Nigeria rally |
As the anti-fuel subsidy removal protest enters its fifth day, residents of Lagos State have urged the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, to suspend the strike for two days to allow Nigerians re-stock for the remaining days of the protest.
The residents, however, called on President Goodluck Jonathan to shift ground in the ongoing deregulation policy of the oil sector.
Speaking to Vanguard, they argued that Nigerians, especially petty traders, had spent their income during the Christmas and New Year celebrations, leaving them with little or no cash to spend on foodstuff before the strike.
They added that the two days break was the only means not to further impoverish the low income earners, who rely on daily transactions to meet their daily needs.
Mrs. Blessing, a petty trader in Alaba International Market, Ojo, Lagos said, “low income earners in the country cannot afford to feed their family easily unless they go out and engage in their business daily.”
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