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BREAKING: Ogun workers declare strike over minimum wage, others

September 15, 2020.

  • Workers in Ogun State have commenced a one-week warning strike over the failure of the government to implement the new minimum wage.

The State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr Emmanuel Bankole, declared this after a three-hour closed-door meeting held between the leadership of organised labour and government officials which ended deadlock.

The workers had given the state government a 14-day ultimatum to commence the payment of new minimum wage failure of which they vowed to embark on the strike.

The ultimatum expired Wednesday.

The workers had earlier on Tuesday stormed the governor’s office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta to protest against the failure of the government to begin payment of the new minimum wage and pension reform bill among others.

The leadership of the organised labour which comprises NLC, Trade Union Congress and Joint Negotiating Council later went into a closed-door meeting with the government, credit punch.

 

Domole Ifeoma

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