Lagos: Commercial activities paralysed as strike continues

Businesses and social activities remained paralysed in Lagos as the ongoing strike entered its fourth day on Thursday.

Meanwhile, drivers, artisans and other petty traders have, however, called on the Federal Government to find a common ground with the organisers of protests to enable them to go about their daily businesses.

While lamenting the dearth of disposable fund, some of them said that it had been very difficult for them to open shops to customers since the commencement of the strike.

From all indication the strike is affecting  some bank customers, as they decried failure of Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) to dispense cash.

Mr Femi Oladipo, while speaking with the Nigerian Tribune, explained that the fuel subsidy removal had negatively affected his livelihood, just as he said his business of transportation was no more yielding the expected income that could care for his family.

According to him, “for the past four days, it was like passing through hell. On Tuesday evening, after the protest, I tried if I could quickly work with my bus. Surprisingly, from Sango to Agege, I could only make N700 and from Agege back to Sango, a little above N800.There were no passengers outside.”

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