Workers at the Oyo State House of Assembly on Monday began an indefinite strike over the agitation for the implementation of financial autonomy for state houses of assembly.
The workers, under the umbrella of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN, Oyo State chapter, carried different placards with various inscriptions while protesting around the Assembly complex after the aggrieved workers shut the gate leading into the premises of the House of Assembly.
The industrial action embarked on by the Assembly workers followed the expiration of an ultimatum issued by the national leadership of PASAN.
PASAN Chairman, Yemi Alade, while speaking, maintained that the legislative staff were seeking implementation of financial autonomy for state legislatures and called on Governor Seyi Makinde to comply with Section 121 subsection, 3a, 3b and 4a, of the 1999 constitution, as altered.
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