Kwara State NLC Directs Striking Workers to Resume Duties
According to a news report from Leadership, the Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Kwara State, Comrade Muritala Olayinka, has instructed striking workers to resume work on Wednesday.
Olayinka issued the directive during a joint meeting of the leadership of the NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) held in Ilorin, the state capital.
Addressing the State Executive Committee alongside his TUC counterpart, Comrade AbdulRahman Onikijipa, the NLC chairman urged members of both unions to return to their respective workplaces from Wednesday.
Onikijipa expressed gratitude to the members of organised labour for their physical and moral support throughout the strike. He emphasised that the labour unions were open to negotiations on the new minimum wage and called on the government to propose a wage that aligns with the purchasing power of the masses.
Leadership reports that public schools and offices in Ilorin remained closed on Tuesday in continuation of the industrial action.
Students of public schools at St. Anthony Secondary School, Offa Road, GRA; Cherubim and Seraphim College, Sabo-Oke and Government Day Secondary School, Tanke, all in Ilorin who had come as early as 7am were asked to return home.
However, final year students who are currently sitting for West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) were allowed into the school premises.
Visits to state's Teaching Service Commission, Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board, State Secretariat Phase One along Offa Road, GRA and State High Court Complex on Lajorin Road, GRA, Ilorin showed that they were shut down.
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