The Main Reason Why NLC Warned Osun Government Over Salary

The chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, Jacob Adekomi, has said in Osun state that the union would resist any attempt by Government Rauf Aregbesola to reduce workers’ salaries by 50 per cent.

The chairman spoke to newsmen after an emergency meeting of the union in Osogbo, on Today, June 3, that the government had concluded plans to reduce workers’ salaries.

Although he did not disclose his source of information, it may not be unconnected with the government’s recent 50 per cent reduction in the salaries of political office holders as part of its austerity measures.

He said the financial mess the government found itself was a product of its systematic failure.

According to NAN, Adekoni, said that workers will not accept salary cut, adding that any attempt to cut the salaries of workers by even one percent will be vehemently resisted, stating that if the plan is imposed on the workers, it will lead to unimaginable chaos.

“We learnt that the cut will take effect from January 2015,” he said.

The  state government paid December salaries to the workers on Tuesday, after five weeks of strike.

Meanwhile, the call by Justice Folahanmi Oloyede, for the state House of Assembly to proceed with the impeachment of the governor is generating trouble as two groups, the Osun Civil Societies Coalition (OCSC) and the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) are set to lock horns.