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By John Akubo The organised labour in Kogi State has called for the resignation of Mrs. Deborah Ogunmola as Head of Service in the state. This is contained in a statement jointly signed by the secretaries of Public Service Joint Negotiating Council, Isah Abubakar; Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Faniyi Olakunle; and Trade Union Congress (TUC), Kolawole James and made available to The Guardian in Lokoja yesterday. Labour maintained that in a circular, HS/KGS/CLR/3/V/587 dated September 18, 2017, Mrs. Ogunmola abolished contract appointment in Kogi civil service, wondering what she was still doing in office when she had retired. It accused Ogunmola of threatening to apply ‘no work no pay’ rule should Kogi workers embark on any strike. “The continued stay of Mrs. Ogunmola in office as against this circular duly signed by her is against the body and spirit of the civil service reform embarked upon by this administration.”

The organised labour in Kogi has directed workers in the private and public sectors to embark on a seven-day strike with effect from September 27. The directive was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Lokoja by the state chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress and the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council. Messr Onu Edoka, Ranti Ojo and Aaron Akeji, state Chairmen of NLC, TUC and JPSNC respectively, signed the statement on behalf of the unions. According to the statement, the declaration of the strike is in line with the position of the national leadership of the unions to press home the demand for a new minimum wage. It directed that all public and private offices at state and local government levels be shut down, saying that workers should remain at home within the stipulated period of the strike and await further directive. (NAN)