Workers at the Tai Solarin College of Education (TASCE), Omu Ijebu, Ogun State have embarked on hunger strike over the nonpayment of their 28-month salaries.

The academic and non-academic threatened to embark on total strike by the end of January should the Ibikunle Amosun- led administration fail to pay them.

The workers claimed all means of dialogue had been exhausted and they were left with no other option other than to down tools.

The workers on Monday organised a spiritual exercise tagged “White Monday” where prayers were offered in both Muslims and Christian ways within the institution premises.

Speaking shortly after the prayers, the chairman, Coalition of TASCE staff, Dr Dan Aborisade, told newsmen that the no fewer than 48 members of staff had died in the struggle.

“The spiritual controls the physical, and we need to commit everything we are doing into God’s hand. We held a prayer session last year December where we all put on black and we tagged the prayer session ‘Black Thursday’.

“We are having this prayer session so as to tell God about our predicament. We are having this with the belief that God has answered our prayers.”

“We have embarked on spiritual cleansing such as fasting, vigils, among others over our hard earn money and we know God has answered us,” he said.

Ogun state government is also owing the workers several months of unremitted pension and cooperative deductions.