The Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the indefinite strike embarked on by workers in the state is not only lawful and a legitimate right.
Ogun PDP chairman, Abayomi Tella, made this on known on Wednesday in a statement signed by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Kayode Adebayo.
DAILY POST reports that the workers under the auspices of Organized Labour on Tuesday embarked on an indefinite strike demanding the suspension of the state pension reform law.
They said successive governments in the past 17 years have failed to remit contributing pension funds.
They lamented that the government is owing an accumulated contributing pension of N82 billion and has failed to remit the deducted salaries for 17 years.
Speaking on the industrial action, the opposition party threw its support behind the workers and called on all professional associations, including the Association of Community Health Practitioners of Nigeria, to stand united in the course.
PDP accused the government of always “dipping its hands into workers’ legitimate savings with reckless abandon, thereby committing a clear breach of law, trust, and social contract”.
The statement reads, “Our great party, on the strength of our robust relationship with the workforce makes bold to align fully with the decision of the organized labour to suspend their services indefinitely starting 12 midnight, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, until justice is served and the life savings of Ogun State workers are secured from continuous plunder by the Dapo Abiodun-led administration.
“We equally commend the call on all professional associations, including the Association of Community Health Practitioners of Nigeria, to stand united in this just cause.
“Our great party holds that this industrial action is not only lawful. It is the legitimate right of the workers to press home their rights. It is a moral necessity, and we warn Mr Abiodun and his gang of incompetent friends masquerading as a government not to resort to intimidating or blackmailing the dedicated workforce in Ogun State. What Ogun workers deserve is fairness, accountability, and justice, not propaganda, empty promises, or vindictive threats”.
The party charged the State House of Assembly, traditional rulers, community leaders, and all conscientious citizens to rise above partisan biases and demand transparency and accountability in the treatment of Ogun State workers.
