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Kwara Workers Disregard Court Order, Begin Strike
Workers in Kwara State public service on Tuesday commenced an industrial action to press home their demand for the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage by the government as labour leaders denied receiving any court injunction.
Though the state government on Monday said it had secured an injunction from the National Industrial Court restraining the workers from going on strike, civil servants in the state shunned their offices to comply with the directive of the organised labour in the state.
Some government offices, ministries, courtrooms and schools were locked and the areas deserted.
Teachers in many public schools also asked pupils and students to go back home as schools were locked while students were seen roaming the streets.
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Chairman of the NLC in the state, Issa-Ore, while expressing satisfaction with the level of compliance by the workers, told our correspondent that the labour leaders received no court injunction on the strike.
“We have not received any court injunction from anyone that we should not go on strike to fight for the implementation of the minimum wage which has become a law in the country,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Tuesday appealed to the workers to understand the financial situation in the state, saying the state’s treasury was too lean to accommodate the demands of the labour unions.
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