LG allocation: Osun NLC orders three-day sympathy strike

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Osun State Council, has directed all its affiliate unions to embark on a three-day sympathy strike in solidarity with the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, over the continued withholding of local government statutory allocations. The directive was contained in a statement jointly signed by the NLC State Chairperson, Christopher Abimbola Arapasopo, and the State Secretary, Victor O. Amusan. According to the directive, "the industrial action followed the expiration of a seven-day ultimatum issued to the Federal Government and Osun State Government over the unresolved dispute surrounding local government allocations." The labour congress s...