Striking Ekiti workers declare three days fasting
In a bid to further press for the payment of their allowances and other entitlements, striking staffers of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, have declared three days of fasting and prayers.
The strike, which is still ongoing, was called by the Joint Health Sector Union of the teaching hospital, stating that they were owed several months of salaries, allowances, and deductions, and also accused the state government of insensitivity.
The Joint Health Sector Union Chairman, Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital chapter, Omotola Farotimi, who spoke at the hospital on Tuesday after the prayer session stated that the programme started on Monday and would end on Wednesday, adding that the fasting and prayers, was to seek the face of God and his intervention in their plight.
They vowed they would continue the strike until all their demands, including the outstanding gross salaries and other allowances, were met.
