Members of the National Union of Electricity Employees in Osun State on Tuesday joined the warning strike called by the national leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress to protest the negative impacts of the removal of fuel subsidy.
Our correspondent monitoring compliance with the NLC directive in Osogbo observed that some workers of Osogbo Region Transmission Company of Nigeria were locked out of the premises.
Also, some branches of commercial banks in Osogbo did not open to customers, while some others opened for business.
Security presence was also observed at Old Garage, Ola-Iya, and Oke Fia Areas of the state capital.
Meanwhile, at the Osogbo head office of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, the entrance to the premises was locked and a staff of the company who spoke on condition of anonymity said the workers also joined the warning strike.
Some electricity workers at the Osogbo Region Transmission Company of Nigeria, who expressed concerns that there may be disruption in power supply due to the strike, lamented that the removal of fuel subsidy and the government’s lack of concrete plans to cushion the effects of the removal and ameliorate the hardship it has put many Nigerians in.
However, at the Osun Government Secretariat in Osogbo, some workers were at their duty posts.
Speaking with newsmen, Vice President West, National Union of Electricity Employees, Comrade Sodiq Adewale, said members of his union being an affiliate of NLC complied with the directive to down tools.
Also speaking with newsmen, Osun NLC acting chairperson, Modupe Oyedele, said those workers that resumed at the Government Secretariat were members of the Trade Union Congress.
She however noted that staff members at the local government areas across the state all complied with the strike directive