Striking workers in Ekiti State on Sunday told Governor
Ayodele Fayose to pay workers their salaries rather than engage in a solidarity
strike with them.
“What we want is our money to alleviate our poverty,” said
the chairman of the Trade Union Congress, Odunayo Adesoye.
Mr. Fayose had on Friday declared that he had placed himself
on indefinite strike in solidarity with the workers who had been on strike for
about two weeks over non-payment of five months outstanding salaries.
“We appreciate the governor for sharing our pains and
anguish. But the workers will appreciate and commend him the more if he can pay
at least two or three months salaries out of five months owed,” he said.
“Our situation has gone beyond the governor declaring mere
solidarity strike. We need more of actions now than talks because our situation
is gradually becoming hopeless.
“Some of us have the intention of going to work, but no
money to pay for transport fare. Some of us could not take two square meal a
day. Some could not cook soup with ordinary fish, so our situation has gone
beyond what anyone could trivialize.”
Mr. Adesoye, however, noted that the striking workers were
resolved to fight on, because it was an issue that borders on our welfare,
careers and prosperity.
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