Workers of the
Kogi State government have reportedly embarked on a protest in the capital
following the release of the results of the ghost workers screening exercise.
According to a
report by Tribune, the workers protested the results of the screening exercise
which the Kogi State Government embarked upon last year on Monday, January 16,
2017.
It was further
reported that the protest erupted after some workers of the Lokoja local
government area expressed dissatisfaction and anger for being screened out.
The protest,
it was also reported has created palpable fear and anxiety in the other 20
local government areas as workers await the result of cleared workers.
Trouble
started at the Lokoja local government area secretariat in the morning when
some staff members that resumed for duty discovered that the list of those that
were successful and unsuccessful at the screening had been pasted on the wall
of one of the offices.
Protesting
workers, who were prevented from causing havoc by stern looking security
operatives, claimed over 300 workers had been screened out and referred to as
ghost workers by the state government.
The aggrieved
workers reportedly marched to the state secretariat where they locked up the
premises, made bonfires and kept chanting various anti government songs while
making human and vehicular movement impossible in the area.
The protest
reportedly disturbed free flow of traffic but remained peaceful as the presence
of the combined team of the men of the regular police, the Special Anti Robbery
Squad (SARS), the Department of State Security (DSS) and the Nigerian Security
and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) did not allow the protest to go violent.
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