Kwara council workers protest 7 months unpaid salaries

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Workers of Irepodun and Oke-Ero Local Government Areas of Kwara on Tuesday protested over unpaid seven months arrears of salaries.

The protesters in Irepodun Council commenced at the Council Secretariat in Omu-Aran at about 9:30 a.m. with the workers carrying placards of different inscriptions and chanting solidarity songs.

The protest was organised by the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in the respective councils to demand the immediate payment of their outstanding salary arrears.

Some of the inscriptions on the placard reads are: “We are dying of hunger”, “We demand immediate payment of our seven months salary arrears”, “Salary delay is Salary denied”, among others.

Some officers of Omu-Aran Police Division, Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps and the Directorate of the Security Service were seen maintaining law and order.

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