NIGERIAN WORKERS STAGE GENERAL STRIKE
A géneral strike, begun June 1 in Lagos, rolled massively through Nigeria, Africats most-heavily populated country, bringing the total ‘number: of participants to l, 000, 000 by the end of the’ first week,
The government of Ntnamdi Azikiwe strengthened -police and army forces detailed to guard against "sabotage,"
Despite a ban on demonstrations in the ‘streets of Lagos, thousands of strikers attended a meeting organized by the Joint Action Committee, a. body.-set up by the United Labour Congress and the. Nigerian Trade~Union Congress last September,
The strike action was set off by the government's persistence in maintaining a wage freeze, the principal demand being for an increase in pay.
The general strike also has political overtones... Certain leaders of the political opposition to the government have been in prison since last fall while others are refugees in Ghana,