Civil Servants at the
headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja yesterday staged a
protest against alleged poor welfare condition.
The protest, which reportedly
began at about 11am on the first floor of the ministry, also had the workers
demanding the removal of the Director of Finance and Account, Sanni Garba, for
allegedly refusing to approve their welfare packages.
While some of them were on the
first floor demanding the removal of Garba, others moved to the fourth floor,
where the office of the Permanent Secretary, Mahmoud Dutse, is located, and
also demanded for his redeployment.
The workers alleged that “the
leadership of the ministry had not been taking the issue of our welfare
seriously.
“For instance, the issue of our
unpaid training allowances, non-release of funds for welfare packages as well
as non-payment of overtime allowances. These are some of our grievances.”
They alleged that while they were
being denied some of these packages, other top officials in the ministry had
devised means of enjoying the same through the release of funds for themselves
under other expenditure sub-heads.
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