Our correspondent who monitors the strike, reports that workers defied the order of the labour union as the gates to the secretariat were wide opened for workers.
Several workers were seen at the various duty posts discussing the outcome of the governorship election which was won by Governor Hope Uzodimma for another four-year term.
Also, all the banks in the state attended to their customers, but some courts complied with the directive as some litigants who were not aware of the strike came to the court to hear their cases.
At Douglas Road, Wetheral Road, and Bank Road, people were seen transacting businesses in the banks along these axes.
However, at some of the federal establishments such as Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) and Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri, workers stayed away from the offices.