SOJI AJIBOLA, IBADAN
Ibadan Polytechnic’s academic and non-academic staff unions have put on hold their 21 days old strike as a result of the the intervention of the state governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde.
It would be recalled that the staff members embarked on an indefinite action since 11th January 2021 to press home their demands which include; implementation of an approved new national minimum wage for all categories of staff by the Oyo State government.
The staff had embarked on the strike, after the representatives of the state government failed to implement resolutions of series of meetings.
However, Governor Makinde assured the striking workers that their requests would be looked into.
According to the workers’ union, the strike action was suspended for 21 days to honour the governor and the governing council of the institution.