The four-week old strike embarked upon by workers in Ekiti State has been suspended.
In a statement yesterday, the state government said that the strike was suspended following a seven-point agreement with the labour leaders.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Chairman, Ade Adesanmi, Trade Union Congress (TUC) Chairman, Odunayo Adesoye and Joint Negotiating Council (JNC) Chairman, Oladipo Johnson could not be reached for comments as they all switched off their phones.
The court-validated Chairman of TUC, Kolawole Olaiya, described the purported suspension as a ruse maintaining that the strike would continue until the six months arrears are paid.
But some workers who spoke with The Nation on condition of anonymity vowed to stay at home until they receive salary alerts on their phones.
“We are staying at home until we receive salary alerts on our phones because we have no money to transport ourselves to our offices. As far as we are concerned, we are not aware that the strike has been suspended,” one of them said.
Another said: “Without paying our salaries, no work and we won’t resume in office because we have not heard from Labour yet that the strike has been suspended.”