Ogun State workers suspended their two-week strike after meeting with State government officials in Abeokuta on Wednesday.
The meeting between stakeholders commenced at the office of Governor Ibikunle Amosun at 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning and culminated in the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two parties at 6 p.m. The agreement stipulated that the State government would pay workers their deductions owed to them every 90 days. According to the agreement, all outstanding deductions would be paid to workers by May 2017.
The government also agreed to offset one-year arrears of check-off dues and to offset outstanding gratuities with payments of N200m every other month starting in November 2016.
