Workers in Ekiti State who have embarked on an industrial action for the last three weeks have declared a three-day fast to seek God’s intervention in their case.
The aggrieved employees resorted to go spiritual in a bid to hasten the payment of their five months salaries owed by the state governor, Ayodele Fayose.
A statement signed on Monday in Ado Ekiti by the secretaries of the Nigeria Labour Congress, O. P. Olayemi; Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, J.A. Adebayo and Joint Negotiating Council, Oladele Ayodeji, disclosed that the organised labour in the state decided on the latest action in a bid to take their case to God for prompt intervention.
The labour leaders also used the opportunity to debunk rumour that they have suspended the three weeks old strike.
They said the fast will commence on Tuesday and end on Thursday and urged all workers to partake in the exercise.
“In view of the current situation in Ekiti State as regards the ongoing strike embarked on by the entire workers in Ekiti State.
“All workers in Ekiti State are invited to a three-day fasting and prayer from Tuesday to Thursday 16th June. It is expected that this should be replicated at all the 16 Local Government Areas in Ekiti State,” a part of the statement read.
