Nigeria: Osun state employees on strike threaten to abandon Tinubu
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Leadership
Employees of Osun State followed a three-day sympathy strike on Monday, called by the NLC union in support of local government workers who have been deprived of funds. They threaten to withdraw their support for Bola Tinubu’s re-election; schools and offices remained closed, according to Leadership.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) ordered a three-day sympathy strike in Osun State to support local government workers who have been deprived of funds.
On Monday, state government employees complied with the order and threatened to withdraw their support for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu until these funds are released.
In the state capital, Osogbo, the Abere administrative headquarters was deserted, and other public offices and schools remained closed. Pupils who came to class found the gates locked. The union considers the difficulties of local workers should be treated as a concern for the whole trade union movement, not as an isolated matter.
The human rights organisation World Institute for Peace condemns this three-day strike, which it considers political. Its executive director, Lamina Omotoyosi, notes that a legal dispute on the issue is ongoing and accuses the union of seeking to pressure the state government, intimidate the judiciary or blackmail the federal executive.
