JUST IN: Banks shut as teachers send students back home in Osogbo over NLC/TUC strike
Students in public schools in Osogbo, Osun, were sent home on Tuesday following the nationwide strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The students that had resumed at their various schools in the town around 9 a.m. were seen heading back home. During a visit to some schools […]
Students in public schools in Osogbo, Osun, were sent home on Tuesday following the nationwide strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC).
The students that had resumed at their various schools in the town around 9 a.m. were seen heading back home.
During a visit to some schools within the metropolis, teachers were observed in their various offices after the students had been sent home.
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Some of the schools visited include Fakunle High School, Osogbo, Saint James Grammar School and Adenle Grammar School also located in Ayetoro Area, Osogbo.
At CAC Grammar School, Gbodofon, Osogbo, the gate was left wide open as students moved out of the school premises while some teachers gathered under a tree, holding discussions.
None of the teachers approached agreed to comment on record.
But a few of them who spoke but preferred anonymity said they had resumed work only to be told of the commencement of strike by labour leaders.
Similarly, some banks in Osogbo refused to open their doors to customers, while others were skeptical about opening, and a few were open for business transactions.
Most offices at the state secretariat in Abere were deserted, with few workers observed going into and moving about within the secretariat.
A staffer of the secretariat, who spoke to NAN under anonymity, said the strike has not started taking shape and that if it were like the previous nationwide strikes, the gates to the secretariat would have been shut with members of the NLC and other labour unions blocking the gates.
Security personnel were seen stationed at the secretariat entrance, and likewise at some strategic locations in Osogbo.
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Mrs. Modupeola Oyedele, Osun State NLC Caretaker Chairperson, stated that the strike complies with the directive from the NLC and TUC headquarters.
Oyedele said the instruction to their members was to stay away from work and that there would not be any form of street protest.
“We are not doing street protests with the strike. The instruction is for workers to abstain from work, and we are complying.
“Public schools have sent back their students in compliance with the strike.
“Many sent their students back this morning because the strike directive came late last night, so that is why students were turned back after getting to school.
“We are ensuring that there is compliance as our officials are at the state secretariat to ensure workers do not resume in their offices,” she said.
Recall that the labour unions on Monday evening directed their members and affiliates to withdraw their services starting from Tuesday (today), a move the government terms illegal.
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