Following a meeting between Labor leaders
and the state governor, Ibikunle Amosun, the
Ogun state civil servants have suspended
their two weeks strike action.
National presidents of the NLC, JNC, Trade
Union Congress (TUC), National Union of
Local Government Employees (NULGE) and
National Association of Nigeria Nurses and
Midwives
(NANNM), Comrades Ayuba Wabba, Kiri
Mohammed, Bobboi Kaigama and Alani
Adeniji, were all present at the closed -door
meeting with the Governor lasted for about
10-hours with the state governor, Ibikunle
Amosun and other top officials of
government.
Briefing newsmen after the meeting, NLC
president, Comrade Wahab said that a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was
signed between the government and the
state organized labour, and that some
resolutions were agreed upon.
“We have been into discussion with the state
government in the last 10-hours to look
around the challenges surrounding the
industrial dispute. We have come to the
resolution of how the issues can be resolved.
We witnessed the the signing of the MoU. We
have received the commitment of the
governor of the state and we believe that
peace will be restored. Our believe is that
both the employer and the employees are
members of one big family. We believe that
this issue will be put behind us. ” Part of the
memorandum of understanding reads "That
the state government should pay global
deductions with November 2016 salary and
release global deductions every 90 days and
as soon as bullet payment is received from
the Federal Government and the state
revenue improves, outstanding deduction
shall be paid on or before May, 2017.
Outstanding gratuities to be offset with
N200million every other month effective from
November, 2016. A Joint Committee for both
government and labour should be set up to
look at issues of the Contributory Pension
Scheme and submit the report to the
government within 90 days. A Joint
Committee on both government and labour
should be set up to look into the issues of
the officers that have completed loan
payments and whose money are still being
deducted. Also officers that have completed
loan repayment should be allowed to exit
from the cooperative societies. Towards
promoting industrial harmony, there should
be instituted a quarterly meeting between the
government and labour”
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