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Workers in Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation in Abeokuta on Wednesday started an indefinite strike over unpaid four months\u2019 salaries.<\/p>\n

The News Agency of Nigeria<\/em> gathered that the workers arrived at the station around 5:00 a.m and locked the studio and offices to prevent the general manager and top management staff from having access to their offices.<\/p>\n

The workers, who were led by Mr Abiodun Ogundipe, Chairman, the Nigeria Union of Journalists and Mr Ayo Aina, Chairman, Radio, Television and Theatre Arts Workers had issued a three-day warning to the management to pay the salaries.<\/p>\n

Ogundipe told NAN that there was no going back on the strike until their demands were met.<\/p>\n

He said that the state Head of Service, Mr Abayomi Sobande, had visited the workers and appealed to them, promising that something would be done.<\/p>\n

\u201cSobande said we should allow for skeletal services pending the time they would get back to us before the close of work.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not going back on the strike. The strike has not been suspended; we will continue until our demands are met, \u201che said.<\/p>\n

NAN<\/em> reports that the workers, had during a press conference on Friday, threatened an indefinite strike from Wednesday over non-payment of outstanding salaries.<\/p>

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The workers said that in spite of issuing three different notices to the management; nothing was done to pay the outstanding salaries.<\/p>\n

Apart from the arrears of salaries, the workers are also claiming that some pension deductions from 2012 till date totalling about N50 million had not been remitted.<\/p>\n

The workers said deductions to the National Housing Fund of over N2 million were not remitted.<\/p>\n

The workers, however, commended Gov. Ibikunle Amosun for increasing the monthly subvention to the station from N3.5 million to N10 million.<\/p>\n

Some armed police officers were seen at the entrance of the station.<\/p>\n

NAN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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