The Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) has suspended its planned nationwide strike.
The decisik to susoend followed the intervention by the Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri.
NARTO members had threatened to shut down operarions countrywide as from Monday over the high cost of Automotive Gas Oil also known as diesel which is used to fuel their trucks for the movement of petroleum products across Nigeria.
The price of diesel has skyrocketed in recent times due to the forex crisis in the country.
At the moment, diesel sells above N1,250 per litre in Nigeria.
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