Unpaid salary: Workers Begin Strike In Ekiti State, Declare War On Fayose

The organised labour in Ekiti on Thursday began an indefinite strike to demand the outstanding five months salaries of workers.

All government offices were shut as workers stayed away from work.


The strike followed the expiration of the 48-hour-ultimatum issued by the Nigerian Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress and Joint Negotiating Council to Governor Ayodele Fayose to pay workers’ salary deductions for December 2015.

The workers’ demands include the release of the staff audit and verification conducted in April, 2015, disclosure of the state monthly internally generated revenue, payment of arrears of five months salaries pension and gratuities, payment of September 2014 salary to primary school teachers and payment of 2014 and 2015 leave bonuses.

Others include implementation of promotion for 2013, 2014, 2015, approval of inter-cadre transfer, remission of 10 per cent IGR to local government and stoppage of Joint Allocation Committee’s account, resuscitation of Local Government staff pension fund and release of running grants.

The labour union had earlier issued a 24-hour-ultimatum last week before the commencement of the nationwide strike declared by the NLC.