Leaders of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Joint Negotiating Council (JNC) in Oyo State yesterday dissociated themselves from the recent agreement the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had with the State government leading to the call- off the last seven-week strike.

Led by Mr. Emelieze Andrew and Mr. Emmanuel Ogundiran, the unions complained bitterly about an alleged clandestine meeting which occasioned the suspension of the strike, saying that the NLC leadership had agreed that the state government should go ahead with reduction of the workforce to take care of shortfall in its monthly allocations.

Andrew said: “You will recall that the Oyo State Government and the NLC entered into an unholy alliance by signing a lactiferous and satanic agreement that is inimical to industrial harmony in the state. The agreement is illegal, illegitimate and unacceptable to the TUC.

“We condemn it in strong term as we see the sophisticated and nonsensical resolution which allows government to sack workers and reduce workforce.

“We at the TUC condemn the recent pronouncements by the state government to restructure the public service aimed at sacking workers in the state. “Governor Abiola Ajimobi should resign if he cannot pay workers’ salaries.”

Also, JNC leader, Mr. Ogundiran condemned the alleged agreement which according to him only stipulated payment of salary alone excluding other allowances, saying that it was anti-thetical to wellbeing of the workforce in the state.

The unions unanimously gave the state government extra five days after the expiration of the initial 16 days to settle all outstanding salaries or face another round of indefinite strike