List of strikes in Nigeria
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Throughout the history of Nigeria, a number of strikes, labour disputes, student strikes, hunger strikes, and other industrial actions have occurred.
A labour strike is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. This can include wildcat strikes, which are done without union authorisation, and slowdown strikes, where workers reduce their productivity while still carrying out minimal working duties. It is usually a response to employee grievances, such as low pay or poor working conditions. Strikes can also occur to demonstrate solidarity with workers in other workplaces or pressure governments to change policies.
19th century
20th century
1940s
- 1940–41 LMWA protest, including a strike, by the Lagos Market Women Association against income tax.[1]
- 1944 King's College strike, strike by students at King's College, Lagos.[2]
- 1945 Nigerian general strike
- 1949 Enugu Colliery Massacre[3]
1960s
- 1963 Nigerian general strike, in the Federation of Nigeria.[4][5]
- 1964 Nigerian general strike[6][7]
- 1964 Nigerian teachers' strike[8]
1970s
1980s
- 1981 Nigerian general strike[9]
- 1982 Nigerian dockworkers' strikes[10]
- 1988 ASUU strike, strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities members in Nigeria against structural adjustment, the first strike in the union's history.[11]
- 1988 Nigerian fuel strikes, series of strikes in Nigeria protesting increases in fuel prices.[12]
- 1989 Anti-SAP riots
1990s
- 1994 Nigerian oil strike, strike by oil workers after the arrest of opposition leader Moshood Abiola.[13][14]