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2012-01-09 Africa Subsaharan

Nigeria lawmakers oppose president ahead of strike

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Posted by Steve White 2012-01-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 What's not to like?
They're paying the same for gas as the rest of the world now.
Oh BOO HOO SUE.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2012-01-09 10:54|| 2012-01-09 10:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Nigeria's per capita income is about $2750 / year. When gas prices more than double, it results in food prices that soar beyond the ability of people to pay, in an inability of kids to go to school etc.

The country is a major oil producer whose oil revenues have not enriched the populace - a fact that Islamicists have been trying to exploit for some time. Up until now the gas subsidies have helped damp down resentment over that fact - ending them plays well into the hands of those groups.

Posted by lotp 2012-01-09 14:09|| 2012-01-09 14:09|| Front Page Top

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