Organised labour in Ondo State has urged Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to pay the workers their backlog of salary from the N20 billion Paris Club Refund.
In a letter addressed to the governor, dated November 9, the workers gave him till noon tomorrow to pay the salary arrears.
The letter was signed by state chairmen of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Joint Negotiating Council (JNC) Tayo Ogunleye, Soladoye Ekundayo and Abel Oloniyo.
They accused Akeredolu of not consulting labour unions, as agreed, on the release of Paris Club refund to the state by the Federal Government.
According to organised labour, Ondo State workers will not be able to guarantee industrial peace, if the government failed to pay the outstanding salaries tomorrow.
They threatened to resume the strike workers suspended in June 2016.
The letter reads: “We believe that negotiation and agreement with labour was among the key criteria of how the fund was released, despite the fact that the fund has been released to the state without consulting labour.
“We humbly refer Your Excellency to the agreement between labour and the state government before the suspension of our industrial action of June 30, 2016.
“Furthermore, there were recommendations by a committee on payment of six-month arrears of salary to Ondo State workers set up by the state government.”
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