OYO NLC, TUC urge workers to shun work, attend congress on Monday

The Oyo State chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have urged workers not to go to work on Monday.

The unions made this declaration in a joint press statement signed by Comrade Kayode Martins (NLC Chairman) and Comrade Bosun Olabiyi Agoro (TUC Chairman) on Friday.

The unions advised all workers in the state not to go to work on Monday, but resume at NLC secretariat for a congress.

The unions said after the expiration of the ultimatum served on the state government, which is yet to proffer a lasting solution to their grievances, all workers should pick up all their personal belongings from office on Friday (today) and resume at the NLC secretariat, Agodi Gate, in Ibadan on Monday.

The unions also enjoined pensioners in the state to participate.

The labour movement condemned the recent attack on the NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, in Imo.

They added that the unions will continue to defend the welfare and rights of workers in the state and across the country.

The statement reads “We, the Oyo State Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), stand united and strongly condemn in totality the recent attack on the National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress by the Nigerian Police in Imo State on Wednesday 2nd November 2023 by the Government of Hope Uzodinma and police Force.

“We view this egregious incident as an affront to the fundamental rights and liberties of the Nigerian labour force and an alarming manifestation of the tyrannical tendencies displayed by some State Governments towards the labour movement.