Governor Dapo Abiodun will be meeting with leadership of Organised Labour in Ogun State this Wednesday to resolve the industrial action which commenced Tuesday by workers on payroll of the State Government
The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Alhaji Abdulwaheed Odusile who made this known on Tuesday in a statement, said that the governor would personally take charge of the meeting expected to discuss all issues contained in the list of grievances raised by the workers for embarking on the indefinite strike action
The workers are on strike to compel the State Government to ensure immediate payment of the 21 months deductions yet to be remitted to Pension Fund Managers and their respective cooperatives and banks to offset loan facilities, the eight years of unpaid of leave allowances and upward review of the N500million quarterly release payment for the outstanding gratuities to retirees as well as consequential adjustment in their monthly pension inline with the minimum wage in the country, amongst other demands
The governor in the statement said that the meeting would be resolving the grouse of the workers as part of his personal and Administration’s commitment to the welfare and wellbeing of workers in the State, which has been amply demonstrated since the inception of the Administration.
“I am personally committed to ensuring an improved welfare of workers in Ogun State and will do all that is necessary to achieve this”, the statement quoted the governor as saying, adding that: “this is a workers’ friendly Administration and will remain so under my watch”, the governor stated
“One of the first duties I performed on my first day at work as the Governor on May 30, 2019 was to approve the immediate payment of salaries of our workers, which had not been paid by the immediate past Administration until then. I also made a vow that salaries of workers in the State will be paid on or before the end of each month. And we have been doing that religiously ever since.
“Even in the face of dwindling resources, rising needs and this strike, the salaries are being remitted. I am sure they will start receiving bank credit alerts in the next 24 hours for the month of June", Abiodun assured
"We are one of the few States in the country not owing workers salary and paying as and when due”, the statement quoted the governor as saying.
The governor in the statement
further assured that the whatever issues being raised by the aggrieved workers would be expeditiously addressed saying that “Most of their complaints were inherited from the previous Administrations, but as a responsive and responsible Government, we are tackling them one after the other, even as we are being hampered by paucity of funds.
“The money accruable to us from the Federation Account and sundry sources have been dwindling for a long time now and this is affecting our ability to meet some of our obligations but even at that we have been prioritising the interests of our workforce”, Governor Abiodun added.
Abiodun however assured workers that he would do everything within available means to address issues of concern to the workers, whilst urging them to show understanding with the Government and call off the strike.
The strike has paralysed activities in public primary and secondary schools as well as state owned health facilities and courts amongst others
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