The Nigeria Labour Congress
(NLC), Oyo State branch has said it has given a 24-hour notice before it
commences a mass action and paralyse government activities.
This is coming few days to the
May 29 swearing-in of the new government of Engineer Seyi Makinde of the
Peoples Democratic Party in the state.
NLC Chairman, Comrade Bayo
Titlola-Sodo made this disclosure while addressing journalists during Iftar
(Fast-breaking) at the NULGE secretariat, Challenge, Ibadan, Wednesday evening.
The impending strike, which
commences tomorrow (Friday) according to him, is in solidarity with the primary
school teachers who had been on strike since Monday.
Recall that primary
school teachers in the state on Monday commenced an indefinite strike due to
delay in payment of salaries of public primary school teachers and other
requests.
Chairman, Nigeria Union of
Teachers, Oyo State wing, Comrade Samson Adedoyin maintained that the strike
became necessary due to the inability of the state government to meet demands
of the union.
The Nigeria Labour Congress
(NLC), Oyo State branch has said it has given a 24-hour notice before it
commences a mass action and paralyse government activities.
This is coming few days to the
May 29 swearing-in of the new government of Engineer Seyi Makinde of the
Peoples Democratic Party in the state.
NLC Chairman, Comrade Bayo
Titlola-Sodo made this disclosure while addressing journalists during Iftar
(Fast-breaking) at the NULGE secretariat, Challenge, Ibadan, Wednesday evening.
The impending strike, which
commences tomorrow (Friday) according to him, is in solidarity with the primary
school teachers who had been on strike since Monday.
DAILY POST recalls that primary
school teachers in the state on Monday commenced an indefinite strike due to
delay in payment of salaries of public primary school teachers and other
requests.
Chairman, Nigeria Union of
Teachers, Oyo State wing, Comrade Samson Adedoyin maintained that the strike
became necessary due to the inability of the state government to meet demands
of the union.
The teachers had last week,
issued a 72-hour ultimatum to Oyo state government to clear and settle the
backlogs of salaries owed its members.
The union while lamenting unpaid
salaries of primary school teachers, gave the state government 72 hours notice
or go on an indefinite strike if the situation is not reversed. The union also
lamented the complementary allowances of promotions of the teachers.
NUT listed issues worrying the
members of the union as non-implementation of the approval and accompany
promotion benefits to the primary school teachers by the Oyo State Joint
Account Allocation Committee (JAAC). Others are delay in payment of salary to
primary school teachers, delay in the promotion of grade level 14 to 15,
continuous withholding of 2018 leave grant and delay in the clearance of
teachers allegedly accused of illegal promotion.
Titilola-Sodo while speaking on
the impeding strike on Wednesday said, “No government should treat workers like
slaves. Let there be justice on how we relate with fellow citizens. A number of
teething issues had been on ground since 2011 when the outgoing government came
into power.
“Primary school teachers are a
month behind their colleagues in the civil service. If others get May salary,
they will get April salary. This is not like that when Ajimobi took over power.
We want the government to reverse it.
“We supposed to commence the
strike on Thursday, but we have extended it due to some things. We have now
given the government another hours notice.
“The entire workforce in Oyo
state will commence the strike by Friday. If the government failed to do
something on the plight of the primary school teachers that have been on the
strike since Monday, we will commence an indefinite Stoke action by midnight of
Thursday”.
Titilola-Sodo added that the
N30,000 minimum wage is not even enough for workers considering the cost of
living in the country.
“I must not forget to touch the
issue of minimum wage law recently signed by the President. We all know that of
we consider the level of inflation and high prices of essential commodities we
rely upon on daily basis for survival, a monthly wage of N30, 000 is even very
small to meet these needs on monthly basis”.
The NLC chairman who lauded the
Federal Government on the directives to the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit
on local government allocations, was quick to add that the state government had
usurped the powers of the local governments for far too long.
Titlola-Sodo also said there was
no excuse for any state government not to pay the new minimum wage of N30, 000
recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Meanwhile, Secondary school teachers
have commenced indefinite in the state.
Our correspondent who went to
some secondary schools in Ibadan, the state capital observed that students in
all the secondary schools visited have been asked to go back home by their
teachers.
The schools visited included:
Abadina College and Abadina Grammar School located within the premises of the
University of Ibadan in Ibadan North Local Government Area.
Others included Ajibode High
School and Ajibode Grammar School located in Akinyele Local Government Area.
The students were seen heading
home after packing their bags when our correspondent visited the schools on
Thursday.
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