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Lagos sweepers protest delayed salaries

Lagos sweepers protest delayed salaries

Lagos sweepers protest delayed salaries

byAgency Report
December 5, 2018
2 min read

Scores of street sweepers under the “Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI)” of the Lagos State Government on Wednesday protested their delayed salaries and merger with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA).

The protesters, who were chanting various solidarity songs at the Alausa Secretariat, barricaded the road and urged Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to intervene in ameliorating their suffering.

The distraught workers said that they would prefer to go back to the status quo prior three months ago before they were transferred to LAWMA.

One of the aggrieved workers, Kehinde Egbetola, said that it was unfortunate that the salaries being given to the workers were always delayed for about one month before payment.

“We don’t have tools to work with; our colleagues are dying; we don’t have health insurance, pensions and so many other things that could have been of benefit to us.

“We are not illiterates, some of us are graduates.

“We are paid salaries after 20 days of the following month. So, when the month ends, we will start begging people for money.

“I took this job because of unemployment to keep body and soul together but the suffering is too much,” she lamented.

“Also, we don’t want to be merged with LAWMA because LAWMA is fond of enslaving workers. We were employed by the state government under the Cleaner Lagos Initiative,” she added. ”We are appealing to the government to regularise our appointment.”

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Bose Osinowo, another protester, claimed that several workers had been killed by vehicles, while working on the roadside, without any help from the government. She said their salaries were usually delayed.

Ms Osinowo said: “Please, tell the government that we don’t want LAWMA. We were told to drop our green overall uniforms for the pink uniform of LAWMA before we will be paid.

“We don’t want to work on Sundays, we also want to observe all public holidays. We want to be staffed.

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“We want our money increased from N18, 500 rather than the proposed reduction to N12,000 by LAWMA.’’

Another, Kudirat Agboola, told NAN that the initial intention of the workers was to protest the death of one of the staff who was killed last month by a hit and run driver.

“We want the government to take care of the six children the deceased worker left behind. We don’t want LAWMA,’’ Agboola said.

Ibrahim Kajola, who noted that the workload of the few employed staff was much, lamented that LAWMA neglected workers, who protested the death of two cleaners who died recently while on duty.

Oluwatobiloba Olatunji alleged that LAWMA was planning to reduce their salaries from N18,500 to N12,000.

She also claimed that LAWMA had the habit of deducting their salaries.

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“We prefer our working conditions under Visionscape. We have really been suffering since LAWMA inherited us; unlike what used to happen in the past,’’ she said.

The protesters unanimously demanded for an increase rather than reduction in salaries.

They claimed LAWMA had concluded plans to reduce the number of workers employed under the scheme.

NAN reports that the protesters were not allowed into the governor’s office premises and they were not addressed by any government official before they left. (NAN)

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