{"id":1566,"date":"2017-11-03T04:32:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T04:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=1566"},"modified":"2017-11-03T04:34:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T04:34:06","slug":"street-sweepers-in-edo-protest-7-months-unpaid-salaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/street-sweepers-in-edo-protest-7-months-unpaid-salaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Street sweepers in Edo protest 7 months unpaid salaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-12U_sANSwFI\/WftG-tK6d3I\/AAAAAAAD99M\/Wmsi9UtI924eXyVKqIpneU6w3kggST5ywCLcBGAs\/s400\/Street-sweepers-480x320.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Monday Ajogun, NAN<\/p>\n<p>Nov 3, 2017: Some street sweepers under the Edo Waste Management Board in Benin, on Thursday, staged a protest in Government House over non-payment of their seven months salaries.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters carried placards with inscriptions, \u201cGov. Obaseki hear our cry\u2019\u2019, \u201cPay us our money\u2019\u2019 and \u201cCommissioner for Environment where is our money\u2019\u2019?<\/p>\n<p>One of the protesters, Mrs Magdalene Osemwenkhae, said non-payment of their salaries had made life difficult and brought hard ship on the well being of their families.<\/p>\n<p>Osemwenkhae appealed to all relevant authorities in the state to urgently pay them without further delay.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the protesters, the state Deputy Governor, Mr Philip Shaibu, assured them that all issues leading to the delay on the payment of their salaries were currently being resolved.<\/p>\n<p>Shaibu explained further that the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) was at the meeting with all the contractors under the waste management agency to resolve the issues.<\/p>\n<p>He gave the assurances that the arrears will be paid soon.<\/p>\n<p>Shaibu said that the government was planning a better Public Private Partnership (PPP) to keep the state clean adding that the partnership would impact positively on their welfare. 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