Scores of federal workers in Oyo state on Monday staged a peaceful protest at the Federal Secretariat, Ikolaba, Ibadan, to demand urgent government action on economic hardship, outstanding welfare packages and insecurity.
The protest was part of a nationwide action following an emergency virtual meeting of the forum.
The workers, under the aegis of the Federal Workers Forum (FWF), carried placards and marched within the secretariat premises.
Speaking with newsmen during the protest, the Forum’s National Coordinator, Mr Andrew Emelieze, decried the rising cost of living.
Emelieze alleged that the Federal government had not fully implemented the N70,000 national minimum wage.
