Workers
in Osun State have rejected the mode of payment proposed by the state
government to pay the arrears of their salary and threatened to re-embark on
industrial action if the government insists on its plan.
Aregbseola
The
labour unions in the state including the Joint Public Service Negotiating
Council (JNC), Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT)
and others said workers in the state will not accept payment of half salary for
the month of March as proposed by state government
In
a communiqué issued on Friday after an emergency meeting in Osogbo, the labour
leaders said the mode of payment being proposed by government contravened
Memorandum of Understanding, (MoU), they signed with the state government
before they called off the last strike.
The
state Head of Service (HoS), Mr Sunday Owoeye had on Wednesday directed that
half of March salary be paid to civil servants and the workers in the state had
been grumbling over this.
According
to the communiqué issued by the labour unions: “The information released
through the Head of Service on the payment of outstanding salaries on Wednesday
was completely opposite the spirit of existing MoU. This had generated a
palpable tension among the workers and all the entire people living in Osun
State”.
“All
the arrears of salaries and pensions should be paid from the already released
bailout funds from the Central Bank of Nigeria which it is meant for. That
Governor Aregbesola should direct the Accountant General of the state and
Accountant of the Ministry of Local Government not to release half salary into
any workers’ individual account”.
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