Ogun Govt, Labour Unions Meeting Ends In Deadlock, As Strike Continues

 

The crucial meeting the representatives of the Ogun State government and the leadership of the organised labour in the state over the three day old strike has ended in a deadlock.

Workers on the payroll of the State and local government in the state have embarked on an indefinite strike to compel the government to meet their demands.

Their demands include abolishing the controversial Contributory Pension Scheme and failure to clear the outstanding gratuity payments, among others.

Labour Unions team headed by the State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Hammed Ademola-Benco and his Trade Union Congress (TUC) counterpart, Comrade Akeem Lasisi.

Though the details of the meeting which was held behind the closed door at the instance of the State government was not made public.

However, NEWSREPORTER gathered that the government representatives failed to convince the union leaders to call off the ongoing strike as they insisted on the strike until their demands are met.

The implications of the development is that the industrial action will continue.

Meanwhile, the three day old strike has crippled activities and services at the public institutions in the state.

Public schools, courts and hospitals were under locks and keys, while both the local and state Secretariat looked deserted as the workers complied fully with the directive.