Women Affairs Ministry Workers Protest Over Poor Welfare, Unpaid Allowances
Some workers at the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs on Wednesday blocked the ministry’s headquarters, Abuja in protest against what they described as outright maltreatment and poor welfare by the ministry.
The aggrieved protesters lamented that they have neither received any welfare package nor been trained.
According to a report by Saharareporters, one of the workers said, “No welfare, no training,” they said, noting that even when they are sent to attend a programme with their money with a promise to reimburse them, they never get the supposed reimbursement.
“They will ask us to go for a programme, we will go with our money but they will not pay us. Till today, a trip of January they have not paid us for it. Trips of 2023, they have not paid us for them.”
The workers further alleged, “And money has been coming in but they (the leaders in the ministry) will pack it and keep it for themselves.”
The report stated that one of the protesters also displayed a video sent to her by one of their female colleagues, who said she is at the point of death after the death of her 21-year-old daughter in the hospital.
“This is Jannifer. She is our staff. She is dying. She sent me this video two days ago that her 21-year-old daughter died in the hospital. She was crying and saying that she wants to commit suicide,” the protesters said.
Olamilekan Adigun is a graduate of Mass Communication with years of experience in journalism embedded in uncovering human interest stories. He also prioritises accuracy and factual reportage of issues.
