The Nation Newspaper Oyo workers threaten sit-at-home protest over unmet wage demands
Oyo workers have declared their intention to stage a sit-at-home protest at the end of October if the state government does not meet their demands for a wage increase of N35,000 for workers and N25,000 for pensioners., Oyo State Secretariat, Ikolaba Axis, Ibadan, said the wage award is in line with the federal government economic relief package for workers to cushion the effect of economic hardship caused by fuel subsidy removal.
Martins said: “Today’s congress was solely called on wage award issue, it’s been lingering all the while and workers in the state are fed up, even the pensioners, we’ve been having series of meetings, like we told Governor when the ad hoc committee was inaugurated that people are fed up already.
“If at the end of this month nothing is done we’re staying at home, we’re the mouthpiece of our people and our people have spoken and we are just there to speak their minds and we’re going to deliver their resolutions to the appropriate quarters.” “Workers can stay at home if something is not done for them, but pensioners have that liberty to come out and demonstrate and that is what is going to happen if what we’ve demanded for doesn’t happen.
Meanwhile, the Vice Chairman of Trade Union Congress Com. Ranti Oluwemimo said TUC is in solidarity with the resolution of the NLC, and would equally mobilize its members to also comply.
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