Agreement was reached between the Ondo state government and labour union to suspended their planned strike which ought to start today (Wednesday) over their unpaid salaries and allowances.

The decision came after the representatives of the state government and the organised labour unions in the state reached an agreement at a meeting which lasted for about two hours at the Governor’s Office, Alagbaka-Akure, the state capital, on Tuesday.

The government side at the meeting agreed to pay all the outstanding allowances and deductions for March and April within 24 hours, which expires by 11.59pm on Wednesday.

The government also directed the payment of May salary to local government workers and primary school teachers across the state while other state workers would be paid after the sharing of next federation allocation.

Speaking with journalists after the meeting, the State Chairman of the Public Service Joint Negotiating Council, Comrade Sunday Adeleye, however threatened that the unions would embark on the strike if government failed to reach the agreements on the agreed time.

The state Head of Service, Mr Toyin Akinkuotu, who led the government delegation at the meeting, promised that the government would fulfil its part of the agreements.

Some of the people present at the peace meeting includes the Special Adviser to the Governor on Labour Matters, Mr Dayo Fadahunsi; and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance as well as the chairmen and secretaries of various labour unions in the state.