Federal workers in the Ministry of Information
who reportedly staged a massive protest have
called for the sack of Minister, Lai
Mohammed.
Workers at the ministry of information have
staged a protest calling for the removal of Lai
Mohammed over what they described as bad
staff welfare.
DailyTrust reports that the workers carried
placards with different inscriptions urging
President Muhammadu “to probe activities of
the ministry over non-payment of allowances,
refusal to train staff, among others.”
They claimed they were, “subjected to work
under poor conditions, delay of promotion
arrears, non-payment of repatriation
allowances and selective training of staff.”
Adam Ogwola who is the chairman of the
Association of Senior Civil Servants,
Information Chapter described their working
condition as unreceptive.
Mohammed responded to the protest after the
Federal Executive Council meeting on
Wednesday, March 29 saying the government
could not do all the demands at once due to
financial constraint
He said: “It is not unusual for unions to call
for the removal of ministers. Any minister
should expect that. They are complaining
about welfare, but there is a limit to what
government can do within the available
resources.
“As much as we sympathise with them on the
situation, the economy is simply not healthy
enough to accommodate what it is used to
accommodate in the past.
“If anybody is concerned and worried about
expenditures in my ministry, they should go
and check because it is open. We have
appealed to them several times, but we met a
culture that we cannot sustain”.
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