WORKERS IN ADAMAWA STATE PROTEST 27 MONTHS UNPAID SALARY

Some 836 hospital support staff in Adamawa have
appealed to the state government to pay them
their salaries, which have accumulated over 27
months since they were employed.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the
staff comprised cleaners, security men, drivers,
record keepers as well as laboratory and theatre
attendants employed in 2014.
Addressing journalists in Yola on Monday, the
workers said none of them had been paid since
they were employed. They appealed to the state
Governor, Jibrilla Bindow, to intervene and end
their sufferings.
The spokesman for the workers, Ibrahim Auwal,
said they had complained to the Ministry of
Health and a committee was set up to address
the issue.
“We were screened by a committee which
retrieved our permanent and pensionable
employment letter and replaced it with temporary
appointment.
“We were given personal subhead number with
the assurance that we would be captured in
September salary but report reaching us is that
the voucher of September salary to be paid this
week did not include us.
“We want Governor Bindow to intervene in this
matter to end our sufferings as we are aware
that we were captured in the bailout money
collected by the state government,” Mr. Auwal
said.
He said that the 836 of them had the capacity to
ground activities in government hospitals if their
plight was not attended to.




Source :naijaloaded
Edited by DANIEL IKECHUKWU EKWUNIFE