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Former workers of the Nigeria Telecommunications Ltd (NITEL) and Mobile Telecommunications Ltd (M-Tel) temporarily shut the premises of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) in Abuja yesterday, barring staff and visitors entry or exit from the building in a peaceful demonstration to demand payment of their entitlements.
The ex-staff numbering over 20 who started the demonstrations at 9:30 am overwhelmed security men and practically padlocked the gate threatening to remain there until they are paid.
The protesting ex-workers of the nation’s first communications outfit chanted solidarity songs, displaying placards as a detachment of armed policemen watched carefully. The inscriptions on their placards read: “Corrupt BPE”, “Many have died and some are homeless”, “The N54 billion assigned by government has not been judiciously used”, “Mr. President please for the sake of transformation agenda, order BPE to urgently settle our payment”, “VP and BPE, please pay us our money”, among others.
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Source: Daily Trust
The ex-staff numbering over 20 who started the demonstrations at 9:30 am overwhelmed security men and practically padlocked the gate threatening to remain there until they are paid.
The protesting ex-workers of the nation’s first communications outfit chanted solidarity songs, displaying placards as a detachment of armed policemen watched carefully. The inscriptions on their placards read: “Corrupt BPE”, “Many have died and some are homeless”, “The N54 billion assigned by government has not been judiciously used”, “Mr. President please for the sake of transformation agenda, order BPE to urgently settle our payment”, “VP and BPE, please pay us our money”, among others.
More details here
Source: Daily Trust
