Strike: Osun employees shut govt secretariat, Osogbo energy station

There was a excessive degree of compliance to the economic motion directed by the management of the Labour Movement on Monday, as colleges, energy stations and the Osun Government Secretariat in Osogbo, Osun State capital had been all shut.

Our correspondent monitoring compliance to the strike directive inside Osogbo, additionally noticed that safety operatives had been deployed to Government Secretariat and Osogbo Regional Transmission Company.

Public colleges had been additionally shut and a few pupils unaware of the strike earlier than leaving house for college, had been noticed returning house round Powerline Area, Osogbo.

But pupils attending personal colleges had been seen of their colleges as tutorial actions progressed unhindered.

Also at Osogbo Regional Transmission Company, employees shut the doorway to the premises.

Speaking to journalists on the entrance to the premises, Mr. Musibau Okunloye, Chairman, Lagos Generation and Transmission Council, urged the Federal Government to reverse the current hike in electrical energy tariff and do extra in catering for the effectively of employees within the nation.

He mentioned, “Well, my enchantment to the Federal authorities is simply the identical as what the Nigeria Labour Congress and TUC have mentioned. They ought to hearken to Labour. Labour is compelled to be reckoned with.

“But in Nigeria right now, we’re seeing, labour being handled badly. So they need to take into account labour first in any coverage that they need to provide you with. Because this factor will cascade down the economic system.

“This enforcement here, as members are outside the premises, will continue. We have withdrawn our services. As much as they are not ready to listen to our demands, we won’t return to work.”

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