The organised labour in Ogun State on Friday called off its seven days warning strike embarked on Wednesday.
The Chairman of the Ogun State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Emmanuel Bankole made the announcement during the signing of Memorandum of Understanding on the request of the workers
The workers had embarked on the warning strike to press home their demands which included the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage, suspension of the controversial Pension Reforms Act of 2020 immediate payment of 3-year arrears of leave bonus amounting to N9.2bn, immediate payment for 3 years arrears of gratuities of N24bn and an additional payment of about N1.2bn for the underpayment by the last administration to some categories of retired personnel. Others are gross payment of salaries to include regular remittances of all deductions as well as payment of outstanding 3-year promotion arrears from 2018-2020. The summary of these demands by labour according to the state government was the immediate disbursement of about N32.5bn and additional N2bn monthly on top of the current wage bill. The government team led by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tokunbo Talabi, however on Friday resumed negotiation with the leadership of the organised labour comprising of the NLC led by Comr Emmanuel Bankole, Trade Union Congress (TUC) led by its acting Chairman, Comrade Akeem Lasisi and Chairman of Joint Negotiating Council (JNC) Comr Olanrewaju Folorunsho among other labour leaders in the state. www.vanguardngr.com
