In Nigeria, the word strike doesn’t have the humph it once had.

Back in the 90s, the oil workers’ strike was the biggest one ever – at least that I know of – it lasted months and everyone came together to partake in the strike. The government, due to the economy suffering, decided to cede to their demands.

These days, with the economy basically in the toilet and government and leadership basically a reality show of “who can be the most delusional”, strikes are well…um…different.

These past months, there have been a lot of strikes from different institutions. We don’t know the resolution of these closed door meetings but we know these institutions eventually call off the strike.

Currently, there is a strike being carried out by health workers minus doctors – they had theirs previously – there are several reactions.
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