Osun residents indifferent about NLC two day warning strike

As the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC proposed nationwide warning strike is expected to kickoff today, major residences, streets and businesses in the capital, Osogbo have remained quiet.

It was observed that the business owners have not opened their businesses for the day and residents are still indoor.

At Owode-Ede market, a popular market on the outskirt of the capital, Osogbo, traders and commercial transporters were observed going about their normal trading activities.

Commercial minibuses, known as Korope were moving about conveying commuters to their destinations.

As at the time of this report, the state civil servants are unsure if they will be going to work or not.

Bolanle Bamitale, a civil servant who spoke to DAILY POST said she was doubtful about the strike.

She revealed that the organised labour in the state have kept mum on the development.

"I am still indoors. I don't know whether to go out or stay indoor. I have called several of my colleagues and they too are unsure of any strike."


A trader, Tope Abdulgafar said she will open her shop since she was not part of labour.


"I will open my shop now. I don't have any business with the strike. I am not part of labour. If I want to survive, I must open my business everyday."

It was observed also that the main gate of the Osun State Government Secretariat, Abere was open.

But the Chairman of the Association of Civil Servants of Nigeria, Osun chapter, Adekola Adebowale said civil servants in the state are not observing any strike.


According to him, "There is no strike. We are not observing any strike. Presently as I am talking to you I am at the Osun State Secretariat, Abere.

"All the offices are open. People are here working and everything is working."

Reacting to the news that most civil servants did not turn up for work, Adebowale said the misunderstanding was due to an information gap.

"The information did not adequately go round. I assure you that in some hours time, the full will be full again."

Commercial banks in Osogbo remained closed for business because the National Union Of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees, NUBIFIE, has issued a statement indicating that all banks will be shut down on Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6, September 2023.

According to the union, it will join the NLC to protest the impact of the removal of fuel subsidy in the country.

Banks like Guaranty Trust Bank, First Bank, Access Bank, Union Bank, Zenith Bank were all closed for business.



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