Osun Workers Begin Indefinite Strike Today

Osun workers embark on indefinite strike over half salary.

Workers in Osun State on Wednesday commenced their earlier announced indefinite strike over modulated salary scheme.

Naija News gathered that the civil servants in numbers stormed the government house located at Abere, Osogbo, the State capital.

One of the workers, anonymously said workers in the state would compel the government to see to their plight.

He lamented that the state government has refused to pay their salaries even after receiving the third tranche of bailout funds.

He said, “Our condition is critical and this should not be allowed to continue. We are out to compel the government to be sensitive for once, and give us what is due to us.

“We are surprise that despite getting three tranches of bail out funds, this government of Osun still continue to pay modulated salaries to us, this is insensitivity at the highest level.”

The state chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Jacob Adekomi declared the indefinite strike during a press conference in Osogbo, the Osun State capital.

Adekomi said that the modulated salary in which some workers get 75 per cent and 50 per cent of their salaries would no longer be accepted and condemned what he described as embargo placed on promotion of workers since 2012.

Meanwhile, the Governor of the state, Rauf Aregbesola addressed the workers over the weekend in Osogbo, appealing to the workers to exercise patience.

He said only 28 per cent of the state’s total workforce received modulated salary and commended the workers for their dedication, patience and sacrifice.

He said “The financial crisis that forced the state government to payment of modulated salary to its workers would be over by the end of March, 2018″.

“There is no better time to acknowledge and tell you this than now. You have done well so far. What is left is just to thank you, particularly the 28 per cent of you who have endured modulated salaries.

“These are the 20 per cent who earn 75 per cent of their monthly pay and the eight per cent who collect 50 per cent of their salary.

“The remaining 72 per cent, as you all know, have been earning their full pay and are not being owed any outstanding salaries, irrespective of the spin being given to this by our traducers.

“Even at that, we must thank everyone for the sacrifice you have all made in other areas.”