Oyo workers give 24-hour strike notice

Workers in Oyo state today gave a 24-hour notice to commence strike and paralyze government activities, few days to the May 29 swearing in of the new government of the People Democratic Party.

The issues the workers had with the outgoing government of the All Progressives Congress under senator Abiola Ajimobi were catalogued in a press statement made available to journalists.

Chairman of the Nigeria’s Labour Congress, Comrade Bayo Titilola-Jodo gave a hint of the impending strike while hosting journalists at the NULGE secretariat, challenge in Ibadan.

The NLC chairman, who lauded the federal government on the directive to the Nigeria financial intelligence unit on local government allocations was quick to add that the state government had usurped the powers of the LG’s for far so long.