Unpaid salaries: Osun workers embark on indefinite strike

Civil servants in Osun state have been denied from gaining entry into the Abere Government Secretariat by the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).

In order to ensure total compliance to its directive of going on an indefinite strike over the modulated workers salary being received for over two years now, the NLC on Wednesday morning took over the entrance gate of the secretariat.

This is coming as Nigerian workers resume from the Christmas holiday this morning.

It would be recalled that the Leadership of the state NLC had last week directed its members not to return to work this week as they rejected taking half salary from the state government.

Commenting, the chairman of the NLC, Jacob Adekomi, informed that the directive by the Head of Service, Festus Olowogboyega, that workers on Grade Level 1-7 resume work got the unions aggravated hence the resolve to ensure they turn any erring worker back home.

Mega Icon Magazine learnt that the workers are demanding confirmation of appointments of some workers since 2012, promotion for others and stoppage of modulated salary been paid to workers and pensioners since July 2015.