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Activities in Abuja were today brought to a stand-still as thousands of workers and other Nigerians marched through its major streets to protest government’s planned deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry.

It was organised under the umbrella of Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO), and led by officials of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and civil society allies.

The workers, who were also demanding a review of the minimum wage and full implementation of the Justice Uwais Electoral Reform Committee report, marched to the National Assembly, where they discovered that the leadership left the complex minutes earlier.

The protest which commenced at 9 a.m. from the Berger Junction took the protesters through Herbert Macaulay Road and other major streets in Abuja, terminating at the complex.

The protest caused traffic gridlock in all the adjoining streets, while commuters trekked to their destinations.