On Wednesday morning, unpaid journalists and staff of the Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation, OGBC, locked up their offices to kick-off an indefinite strike.
The indefinite strike commences after the expiration of three separate notices the radio workers gave the management on the non-payment of their entitlements put at about N148,260,000
The workers stormed the station at about 4.30 a.m. armed with chain and padlock, which they used to lock up the door leading to the studio and other offices.
The workers led by their leaders, Abiodun Ogundipe (Chairman, Nigerian Union of Journalists, (NUJ), and Ayo Aina (Chairman, Radio Television and Theater Arts Workers Union,RATTAWU) had issued 21,7 and 3 days warning to the management to pay their dues.
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