The Jumat service at Agodi Ibadan took a novel dimension on Friday as angry workers observed prayers at the entrance of the Secretariat.
This came on the heels of protests by the Oyo State workers and pensioners under the umbrella of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), which entered its fiffth day over a number of demands from the State Government.
The workers were insisting that they would not retreat until the state governor, Seyi Makinde addressed them.
Oyo NLC and its TUC counterpart had since the commencement of the protests on Monday, blocked the entry and exit gates of the Oyo State Secretariat with their cars.
This was to ensure workers did not enter the State Secretariat to resume the day’s work but to join the protest.
Among the requests of the workers are payment of salary deductions, palliatives for workers, upward review of pension allowances, payment of leave bonus, payment of gratuities to retirees who had been stagnated since the year 2021 and release of promotion letters for the Year 2021 and 2022.
As of time of filing this report, Governor Makinde was yet to return to the state to address the workers after his trip outside the state earlier in the week.
Oyo Parrot/Yemisi Owonikoko
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