Following the statewide strike proclaimed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), students in public schools in Osogbo, Osun, were sent home on Tuesday.
Students who had returned home after returning to their various schools in town at 9 a.m.
Teachers were observed in their various offices after the pupils had been sent home during a visit to some schools throughout the city.
Fakunle High School in Osogbo, Saint James Grammar School, and Adenle Grammar School in Ayetoro Area, Osogbo were among the schools visited.
The entrance at CAC Grammar School, Gbodofon, Osogbo, was left open as kids exited the school grounds while some instructors gathered under a tree for discussions.
None of the teachers approached agreed to comment on record.
However, a handful of those who spoke on the condition of anonymity said they had returned to work only to be informed by labour officials that the strike had begun.
Similarly, several banks in Osogbo refused to accept customers, while others were hesitant to do so, and only a few were open for business activities.
Most offices at the state secretariat in Abere were vacant, with only a few personnel seen entering and exiting the building.
According to a secretariat staffer who spoke to NAN on the condition of anonymity, the strike has not yet begun and that if it were like past nationwide strikes, the gates of the secretariat would have been closed with members of the NLC and other labour unions blocking the gates.
Security personnel were seen stationed at the secretariat entrance, and likewise at some strategic locations in Osogbo.
Mrs. Modupeola Oyedele, Osun State NLC Caretaker Chairperson, stated that the strike complies with the directive from the NLC and TUC headquarters.
Oyedele said the instruction to their members was to stay away from work and that there would not be any form of street protest.
“We are not doing street protests with the strike. The instruction is for workers to abstain from work, and we are complying.
“Public schools have sent back their students in compliance with the strike.
“Many sent their students back this morning because the strike directive came late last night, so that is why students were turned back after getting to school.
“We are ensuring that there is compliance as our officials are at the state secretariat to ensure workers do not resume in their offices,” she said.
Recall that the labour unions on Monday evening directed their members and affiliates to withdraw their services starting from Tuesday (today), a move the government terms illegal.
