{"id":42852,"date":"2021-05-12T16:18:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T16:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=42852"},"modified":"2021-05-12T15:53:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T15:53:48","slug":"slash-in-salary-isopadec-staff-protest-in-imo-bear-casket-to-mock-governor-uzodinma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/slash-in-salary-isopadec-staff-protest-in-imo-bear-casket-to-mock-governor-uzodinma","title":{"rendered":"Slash in salary: ISOPADEC staff protest in Imo, bear casket to mock Governor Uzodinma"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Workers of Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ISOPADEC) on Tuesday, took to the streets of Owerri, the Imo State capital, demanding for the return of their salary scale.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST gathered that the protesting staff also demanded that their monthly salary be paid as at when due.<\/p>\n

The leader of the delegation and chairman of the ISOPADEC workers, Chinedu Awuzie, while speaking to the press, said the ill treatment meted on them by the government was undeserved.<\/p>\n

According to him, \u201cthe government has frustrated us enough. During our last protest in 2020, 15 of us including a pregnant woman were arrested and detained for 35days when the court granted us bail.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government had in same 2020, sacked over 108 of our staff, and alleged they were employed illegally by individuals.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs if that was not enough, the current government under Senator Hope Uzodinma went ahead to slash our salaries.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll we ask for is for the government to approve our full scale salary as what it used to be. We should be entitled to our rights and privileges since they said we are not pensionable.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been agitating against this but it seems the government is turning deaf ears. Let them do the needful and return our salaries to normal or we will embark on a mother protest,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

When contacted, the spokesperson for the commission, Promise Ekeh confirmed that there was a slash in their salary, disclosing that the Managing Director of the commission, Charles Orie, with the help of the board, had engaged the government to find a lasting solution to the issue.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the protesting workers brandished casket tied with red ribbon to mock the State Governor.<\/p>\n

There were several inscriptions on their placards which included, \u2018we want a return of our complete salary\u2019, \u2018the government is suffocating us to death\u2019, \u2018we don\u2019t deserve this ill treatment from the government\u2019, and so on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Workers of Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ISOPADEC) on Tuesday, took to the streets of Owerri, the Imo State capital, demanding for the return of their salary scale. DAILY POST gathered that the protesting staff also demanded that their monthly salary be paid as at when due. 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