Workers And Other Citizens Of Ondo State have been Assured Of Continued Support From The Present Administration In the State. The State Governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa gave the Assurance on Tuesday While Addressing Protesting Members Of The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC In Akure, The State Capital.
The National leadership Of The NLC had declared a 2 Day Nationwide Protest Against The Current Economic Hardship Faced by it’s Members and Other Nigerians as a result f some policies of government.
Speaking to the protesters, Governor Aiyedatiwa who was represented by the State Head Of Services, Pastor Kayode Ogundele, Said Though there had been high level of harmonious relationship and industrial peace between government and labouring the State, He is not unconscious the current economic situation in the Country and it’s effects on the citizens.
According to him, While the State had Since began Monthly payment of Thirty Five Thousand Naira Wage Award to it’s Workers Just like the Federal government and Additional 5CNG buses had been procured to be added to the existing buses early deployed to commute workers and students to and from work And Schools.
” We Thank You For Making This Protest A Very Peaceful One. There’s no doubt about the Fact That in Ondo State ,The NLC , The TUC Who are the Key- Representatives of the labour Force Have Been Partners In Progress Just As The State Had Taken The Issues Of Labour Proactive Steps To Ensure That The Level Of Hardships and Difficulty is assuaged for Workers In The State”.
Ondo State Government had Ensured That For Every Workers In the State Today, We Have Cleared All Outstanding Arrears Of Salaries. This is a way to keep Workers Floating And Going on in the midst of hard economic reality we have to face.
Beyond that, government have put in place some programmes and Activities to assuage the problems and that includes free transport Shuttle . In fact the programme aught to have ended in December last year but the governor saw that the issue of the Cost Of Transport Needs To get Taken Care Of , He Continue To Approve Money Every Month. So That Our Workers Would Continue To Enjoy Free Transport From Their Homes To Their Offices and back to their homes.
Ondo State Government will Continually be Taking Proactive Steps As The Need Arises To Ensure That Our Workers Are Well Taken Care Of ‘ The HOS Added. Earlier in his Message During the protest Visit , The State Chairman Of The NLC, Comrade Victor Amoko, Who was Accompanied by the Joint – Negotiation Council, JNC State Chairman, Comrade Ademola Olapade , Nigeria Union Of Journalists,NUJ State Chairman ,Comrade Prince leke Adegbile and several other labour leaders in the State had reeled out the demands of labour to include rehabilitation of refineries, taxation of the rich in the country and replacement of students loan by free education among other demands.
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