Workers in Oyo State, under the aegis of the chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), yesterday suspended its strike after the leadership of the union said it has reached an agreement with the state government over payment of salary arrears.
It will be recalled that the strike lasted fnine days as the union directed its members to stay off work since May 26 over unpaid salaries for workers and pensions for retirees.
The state chairman of the NLC, Mr. Waheed Olojede, while announcing the suspension, called on the workers to resume work on Monday, June 8, saying that an agreement had been reached with the government after several days of negotiations.
He said, “After a successful negotiation which led to the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the state government, the labour union has resolved to suspend the strike.”
He added that the union had also reached an agreement with the state government on modalities to adopt in paying the outstanding March, April and May salaries.
Olojede also disclosed that an agreement was also reached on the payment of grade levels 1 to 12 as soon as the next allocation to the state was released while levels 13 and above would be paid later.
On why the union adopted the style of payment, he said it was better than agreeing on half salary for all workers.
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