Ogun State National Union of Local
Government Employees (NULGE) has embarked on strike.
The president of the union, Comrade Olusesi
Tajudeen, told newsmen at a press conference in Abeokuta that the NULGE
has began an indefinite strike as a result of the hiking of the 100% payment
of primary school teachers salaries, leave bonuses, pensions,and other charges
on local government owes by the State government.
It will be recalled that the union went on
a 3-day warning strike in September the previous year.
The industrial action however ended with an
agreement reached by the union and the Ministry of Local
Government and
chieftaincy affairs to pay its dues.
Com. Olusesi lamented that there hasn't been any
improvement in the various Local Government Councils since the strike was
called-off noting that members welfare dwindled.
He emphasized that the workers' salaries were not
being paid as at when due adding that all deductions such as: pensions,
cooperative, check-off, leave bonuses and the likes were left out.
Saying that the benefits of its members were
denied, the president of the union stressed that the recent allocation
distributed favoured the statutory primary school teachers salaries while the
Local Government Councils was left with negative balances with VAT inclusive.
He ordered that the indefinte strike begins with
immediate effect after the 14-day ultimatum given to the government expired the
previous day.
However, work has ceased in all local Governments
across the state with all gates shut.
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