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Nigeria dealing with fuel price hikes

A picture taken on April 6, 2016 shows a black market fuel hawker filling the car with fuel on the side of the road in Lagos. AFP

Danjuma Abdullahi

Press TV, Abuja

The Nigerian government has removed petrol subsidy on fuel, causing a 60 percent increase in petrol prices. Officials insist the move is intended to fight corruption, but labor unions have urged the government to reverse the decision. Our correspondent Danjuma Abdullahi has more from Abuja. 


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