…threaten strike
The Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (JNC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has warned the Governor of Ogun State Prince Dapo Abiodun to reverse the new Pension Law within seven days.
The Workers on Monday threatened to embark on industrial action if the state governor, Dapo Abiodun fails to reverse the new Pension Reform Law 2020.
The chairman of the Joint Negotiating Council, Folorunsho Olanrewaju while addressing newsmen in Abeokuta insisted that the new law was allegedly hurriedly passed by the state House of Assembly without their consent.
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Olanrewaju added that the decision of the state government to enact such law without the consideration of the Labour leaders is immoral and unconstitutional.
He described the new Pension Reform law as an attempt to allegedly maltreat the senior citizens in the state.
The JNC chairman, however, said failure to reverse the law within seven days will lead to industrial action by the workers in the state.
“The council, therefore, appealed to the generality of workers to response their confidence in the leadership of Organised Labour to resolve this unfavourable pension reform law meted out to the law-abiding workers of Ogun State. We will surely keep updated on the next line of action” he concluded.