Workers in Osun State have begun a three-day warning strike over the alleged continued withholding of local government allocations, leaving council activities and services potentially disrupted.
The industrial action, which began at midnight on Sunday, is expected to end on Wednesday.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said the allocations had been withheld since February 2025, leaving local government workers and pensioners struggling to meet their financial obligations.
Organised labour had issued the Federal and Osun State Governments a seven-day ultimatum on October 28 to resolve the dispute. However, the deadline expired without an agreement.
Speaking with journalists in Osogbo, Osun NLC Chairman, Christopher Arapasopo, said the strike was called in solidarity with local government workers under the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE).
He warned that the continued withholding of the allocations could affect workers’ cooperative deductions, allowances, pensions, gratuities and other legitimate entitlements.
Arapasopo appealed to residents to understand the reasons behind the industrial action, stressing that it was not intended to inflict hardship on the public but to draw attention to the challenges facing local government workers.
The organised labour is demanding the immediate release of outstanding allocations, protection of workers’ entitlements and a lasting resolution of the dispute.
