Osun Workers Suspend Strike

July 30, 2015 Babatunde Ojetola

Olaoluwa Folalu

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the State of Osun has suspended its ongoing eight weeks industrial action.

The workers union who has called on all workers in the state to resume work immediately ended the strike after it has signed another Memorandum of Understanding with the State government at the Governor’s office.

The State Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Jacob Adekomi said the agreement they signed contained a promise to pay workers the salary for February 2015, with effect from August 3, while the balance of the fraction payment made to level eight and above would be returned.

According to him, the decision to suspend the industrial action was in the interest of the state workforce and the State government, believing that the government would live up to its part of the agreement.

The labour union Chairman maintained that the state government had renewed its commitment to full employment ‎and not retrenchment of its workforce.

The Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr Gboyega Oyetola, who said government had never reneged on its agreement said, the industrial action embarked upon by the workers was due to shortfall in the Federal Allocation which was not peculiar to the state alone.