{"id":94860,"date":"2023-08-23T21:23:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T20:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nddc-denies-owing-workers-6-months-salaries"},"modified":"2023-08-23T23:45:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T22:45:20","slug":"nddc-denies-owing-workers-6-months-salaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nddc-denies-owing-workers-6-months-salaries","title":{"rendered":"NDDC denies owing workers 6 months\u2019 salaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has dismissed speculations that it owes its security workers over six months salaries.<\/p>\n<p>NDDC Director of Corporate Affairs, Dr Pius Ughakpoteni, gave the clarification in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Security workers attached to the commission had threatened on Tuesday to carry out a peaceful protest over non-payment of their salaries.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ughakpoteni said that NDDC was not directly responsible for paying salaries to its security workers but rather contractors hired by the commission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware of the reports in the media claiming that our security workers were threatening to protest non-payment of their monthly salaries. We wish to state that the commission engages security companies, who employ and pay security guards to work at our various offices, to safeguard our facilities. These service providers are certainly not being owed for six months as alleged in the media reports,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has dismissed speculations that it owes its security workers over six months salaries. NDDC Director of Corporate Affairs, Dr Pius Ughakpoteni, gave the clarification in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. 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