Street sweepers
in Benin City, Edo State on Thursday staged a protest over the non-payment of
their salary for seven months.
The
protesters, who took their protest to the Edo State government house, carried
placards with inscriptions such as “Governor Obaseki hear our cry’’, “Pay us
our money’’ and “Commissioner for Environment, where is our money’’?
One of the
protesters, Magdalene Osemwenkhae, said non-payment of their salaries has made
life difficult and their families.
Osemwenkhae
appealed to all relevant authorities in the state to urgently pay them their
dues without further delay.
Addressing
the protesters, the state deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, assured them that
issues causing the delay of their salaries were currently being resolved.
Shaibu
explained further that the Secretary to the State Government was at the meeting
with the contractors working with the Waste Management Agency to resolve the
issues.
Shaibu said
that the state government was planning a better Public-Private Partnership to
keep the state clean, adding that the partnership would impact positively on
their welfare.
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