Learning and other educational activities were on Monday morning grounded at the St Francis Caring Heart Mega School, Owaluwa in Owo local government area of Ondo State following a protest by non-teaching staff of the school over non-payment of their 13 months salaries.
The aggrieved workers, we gathered stormed the school as early as 7.30am, locked the gate and prevented the teachers and pupils from going inside.
The protesters, numbering 15, carried placards bearing different inscriptions such as “Gov Mimiko pay our money, ‘we are starving,’ we have children too” and several others.
Mr. Abu Ayodeji who spoke on behalf of the protesters said they have been pressing for the payment of their salaries since the beginning of the year without any fruitful outcome.
He said they would continue the protest until the government finds solution to the problem.
Commissioner of Education in the state, Mr. Adejuyigbe could not be reached for comments at the time of this reports, but efforts of police and some eminent persons restored normalcy to the school.
