Osun Workers To Commence Strike Over Half Salary

Governor Rauf Aregbesola

Osun Workers set to begin indefinite strike.

Osun government workers under the aegis of Osun State Joint Public Service Negotiating Council have declared their intention to begin an indefinite strike over non-payment of their full salaries and arrears after receiving the third tranche of N6.3 billion Paris Club loan refund.

The workers, according to Punch, gave the strike notice in a statement on Friday after an emergency meeting of labour leaders on Thursday.

“Consequent upon the refusal of the government of Osun State to accede to the demands of the workers and pensioners as contained in our letter of Tuesday, December 5, 2017, the workers of Osun State will be proceeding on an indefinite strike by 27th December , 2017,” the notice said.

The labour leaders therefore, urged the workers to stay at home until they received another directive from them concerning the strike.

The labour leaders had on Tuesday decried the insistence of Governor Rauf Aregbesola on paying November salary to workers from grade level 08, 75 and 50 per cent of their salaries, maintaining that the state had the financial capacity to pay them full salaries and that most of them had been collecting half salaries since September 2015.

However, the governor in a statement issued by his Commissioner for Information, Mr. Adelani Baderinwa, appealed to the workers to exercise more patience till the state was able to revert to paying full salary.