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Oil tanker drivers end strike in Nigeria: official
AFP
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Petroleumworld.com 08 10 06Oil tanker drivers in Nigeria Wednesday ended a national strike after their union lifted a suspension of petroleum deliveries to major oil companies accused of breaking accords.
The drivers, under the aegis of their umbrella union, the the National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), went on strike over the alleged refusal of the oil companies to honour 40 agreements reached with them.
"The problem has now been amicably resolved. We are sorry for any inconveniences that this suspension has caused," NARTO national chairman Lawal Isa said at a news conference.
He did not give details of the accord NARTO struck with representatives of the oil majors and officials of the petroleum ministry, who were also present at the news conference.
Lawal said Tuesday that NARTO had reached over 40 agreements with the companies but only one had been honoured.
The oil companies rely on the trucks to distribute their products in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, where rail services are poor.
Following the one-day strike, most filling stations in Kano, northern Nigeria's largest and most populous city, were closed. In Lagos, the nation's economic capital, long queues for fuel formed Tuesday at gas stations.
AFP 09 1540 GMT 08 06
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