The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in the state, Mr. Jacob Adekomi, who announced to journalists that the strike had been suspended, said the decision was taken after the government and labour representatives had signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the issue.
The NLC chairman said workers agreed to suspend the strike which started on May 26 because the state government would begin payment of January and February 2015 salaries as from Monday (yesterday) while the remaining salaries would be paid with the bailout still being expected from the Federal Government.
According to him, “The MOU we signed today is agreed upon by both parties taking due cognisance of the present parlous financial situation of the state government, on an interim basis, as a condition precedent to suspending the strike. “Committees will be set up according to the MOU, aimed at screening, determination of the actual wage bill and workers in the employment of the state, the actual number and actual monthly pension bills of both local governments and state government pensioners.”
The NLC chairman called on workers to be more diligent and committed to their work as ever, saying government can only progress when its workers are totally productive.
Adekomi assured workers that government and Labour leaders would meet to fashion out modalities of payment for the remaining four months from the various efforts aimed at ending the crisis.
Consequently, the unions, after calling off the six weeks industrial action in the state yesterday, used the opportunity to condemn the protest in its entirety, describing it as “politically motivated.”
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