Osun state workers have agreed to resume work by suspending two-month old strike embarked by the workers over nonpayment of their salaries by the state government, The Punch reports.
Governor Rauf Aregbesola
The chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in the state, Jacob Adekomi, made this announcement to newsmen that the strike had been called off following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between representatives of the union and the government on the lingering issue.
Jacob said the decision to end the strike is based on the understanding that the state government promised to offset January and February on Monday July 13 while the remaining salaries will be paid once the federal government releases the bailout fund to the state.
The MoU read : “Both parties, therefore, agreed to enter into this Memorandum of Understanding in anticipation of the bailout expected from the Federal Government on the issue of settlement of salary arrears and to show the state government’s commitment to the welfare of its workforce, having in mind the need to data towards the completion of the physical verification exercise of workers and retirees in the public service.
“The labour unions will suspend the ongoing strike on the basis of the Memorandum of Understanding to allow all public service personnel audit and verification exercise as well as auditing of local government staff/ primary school teachers and retires take place.”
The government representative said that screening of workers was not a witch-hunt or meant to retrench any worker, stating that the exercise would enable the government to know the actual number of workers in the employ of the state.
The federal government had earlier intervene crisis engulfing many states in the country following their inability to pay workers salaries by releasing N400billion bailout fund to states.
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