Aggrieved workers of Doma Local Government area of Nasarawa State on Friday staged a protest over the non-payment of their two months salaries and...

By Umar Muhammed
Aggrieved workers of Doma Local Government area of Nasarawa State on Friday staged a protest over the non-payment of their two months salaries and the alleged disappearance of N20 million deducted from their salaries by the Federal Mortgage Housing Scheme.

Daily Trust gathered that the aggrieved workers blocked the convoy of the Deputy Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe, who is an indigene of Doma.

Akabe alongside the embattled Council Chairman, Mr. Rabo Sani, had met with the workers to plead with them to remain calm.

They told the workers that the state government is doing everything possible to address their predicament but the protesting workers reportedly ignored their plea as they barricaded the road.

Our correspondent reports that, the blockage of the road began from Monday this week as they conducted “a special prayer” in the middle of the road.

The Council Chairman blamed his predecessors for the inability of the council to pay the workers, saying illegal employment of civil servants worsened the situation.

According to him, “I did not employ a single civil servant, but my predecessors made the mistake, by employing over 500 civil servants.”

He, however, stated that the rationale behind the protest was due to the shortage of funds to pay workers salaries, noting that it is as a statewide problem.

On the missing Federal Mortgage Housing fund, he debunked the rumour, adding that the Local Government borrowed the money to pay workers salaries.

“The money of Federal Mortgage Housing fund is not missing rather we borrowed the money to pay staff salaries, saying that all the Union leaders were aware of the transaction,” he said.

“What I’m saying in essence is that there was a consultation and agreement before we arrived at that.”

He said the 13 Local Government Councils of the state needed a sum of N2.1 billion to settle two months staff salaries

The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in the local government Mr. Baba Ali, could not be reached for comment as at the time of filling in this report.

https://dailytrust.com/angry-workers-block-convoy-of-nasarawa-deputy-governor

Nigeria leaders are just heartless.

politicians cashing out steadily and giving excuses about payment of salaries

Jaga Jaga Country. Idris Was Right.

Nigerians are just upset with everything

What is the solution

Like, to split the country

Share, to reform the damaged system.

Action speaks louder than voice

But yet the senators and others who don't seat more than twice in a week and when they do, they just talk trash are paid millions and yet still loot.


This con3 na scam.

The masses are gradually waking up from their slumber.
I am proud to belong to this Soro Soke generation.

Enough is Enough.

it may be sounding as joke.... but I see Revolution happening in this country on a faithful day... Ordinary Endsars protest should have taught us a lesson that anybody can be killed no matter the security level...

Very good

It can only take God's intervention for Nigeria to be alright

Why didn't they beat him??
APC has taken us 100 years back into retrogression.

Wickedness in high places. God will judge all of our politicians.




The FUTURE is FEMALE

But seriously, how can you not pay salaries of people?

This monster you creating
They should be patience,after two year,
Borrowing to pay salaries that is not how things work in country govern by sensible people and that have future,they borrow to develop the citizens by build infrastructures and enable ground for investment
What do I know self

Nawa o for this country

them no go get shi shi sef. naija na scam... throw stones instead then give them clue nah
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This guy is one of the most useless politician in Nigeria, He is always in his house at Wuse zone 2

Wili

Next time they should beat him

Let us all be mad together

saphiere:
Wickedness in high places. God will judge all of our politicians.




The FUTURE is FEMALE

Hmm

The Future is for both MALE and FEMALE!!
It is fake men like Bobrisky and his cohorts who abandoned their gender that make you people to always use this boring tag

Salaries is a scam in Nigeria.

Milking one part of Nigeria to pay the salaries of workers in other region.

people are working with empty stomach while these our so called leaders re driving big cars for not doing anything God have mercy

Two months!!

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politicians cashing out steadily and giving excuses about payment of salaries

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Oh my

I always think God is constantly performing experiments with this world but I don't understanding why he always keeping Africa as a control group

Even though the Politicians are just useless and clueless. Civil service in this country is just over bloated. It seems that last tier of Government is worst especially in the Nothern part of this country. You see a LGA that 50 to 100 staffs can comfortably man having more than a thousand staffs. People who will stay a full year without lifting a cup in the place they are employed to work. 10% of civil servants in the country can comfortably do the whole work of civil service in this country if civil service were to be a private Entity. The whole lot other money been wasted on recurrent expenditure of salary payment is supposed to be channeled towards private sector initiative to create massive employment,which will bring in far more opportunities for employment and even more productive ones. What do I know self, the only problem is the more money is been saved from that, the more likely properties will be bought in Dubai, London , Cayman Islands. We are just doomed in this Shithole