Government offices in Osun State were shut on Monday as workers began a three-day strike in solidarity with the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) over the continued withholding of statutory allocations to local councils.
The gates of the Osun State Government Secretariat and the State House of Assembly in Osogbo were locked, with no workers or official activities observed at the premises. The Olorunda and Osogbo local government secretariats were also closed.
Public school pupils in Osogbo were sent home as teachers joined the industrial action.
The strike followed a directive by the Osun State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), directing all affiliated unions to participate in the action.
In a statement issued on Sunday, November 8, the NLC Chairman, Christopher Arapasopo, and Secretary, Victor Amusan, said the strike followed the expiration of a seven-day ultimatum issued to the Federal and Osun State governments over the continued withholding of statutory allocations to local governments in the state.
The congress said the dispute remained unresolved despite efforts to find a lasting solution, adding that the industrial action was in line with resolutions reached at an emergency meeting of its State Executive Council on October 28.
