Council Workers Protest Non Payment Of 13months Salaries In Edo State

Edo State under the administration of Governor Adams Oshiomhole is experiencing protest by council workers over non payment of 13 months salaries.

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Workers of Egor LG council protest non-payment of 13 months salaries, as chairmen tenure ends.

Official activities are grounded at some local government Secretariat in Edo state as workers protested non-payment of their salaries spanning thirteen months.
The tenure of local government chairmen and councillors will end on Friday 22nd April, 2016.

Our reporter who visited some of councils Secretariat quoted the workers as saying that,the chairmen has engaged in looting of councils properties and the little change remaining in the pulse.

They lamented that even when council workers couldn’t get money for Christmas, new year and Easter celebration, some of the chairmen were busy organizing parties, and build mansion upon mansion to the detriment of their arrears of salaries that are yet to be paid.

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