Organised labour in Kwara State has called off its indefinite strike after a meeting with the officials of the state government.
The labour leaders announced this on Friday after a closed-door meeting held at the Head of Service’s office in Ilorin.
Chairman of the Kwara chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Issa Ore, speaking with newsmen, said they reached the conclusion following pleas from the Governor, HOS and other individuals to return to work while negotiation continues.
For his part, Kwara State chairman of Trade Union Congress, Comrade Ezekiel Adegoke, said the industrial action has shown government that the Kwara State workers are very serious with their demands and will not hesitate to down tools again should the government hesitate to respond to their demands.
Also, the Chairman, Joint Negotiation Committee, JNC, Comrade Salihu Suleiman, disclosed that the labour have the assurance of the state government to see to their demands which has already got to the final stage.
Workers in the state had embarked on industrial actions, following the state government’s failure to honour its ultimatum on the payment of the new minimum wage.
The labour leaders had on given the state government 14-day ultimatum to start payment of the new national minimum wage at a press conference in Ilorin on September 28.
