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Offices of Nigeria’s ombudsman, the Public Complaints Commission, PCC, have been shut down nationwide because the commission cannot pay full salaries of its workers.
The chairperson of the commission’s labour union, Dorcas John told Premium Times that the salaries of workers at the PCC had been slashed by over 50 per cent since the beginning of this year.
She said although the commission started having problems with paying salaries about two years ago, the problem worsened since the start of 2016.
“We have been having issues of non-payment of salaries from January till now. They slashed our budget by 50 per cent. Both overheads, capital and everything. It’s no longer funny. Staff can no longer pay their children’s school fees. They pay us only about 40 per cent or sometimes 50 per cent and thereabouts of our salaries.
“As we speak, we have written a circular which was distributed through all the states of the federation. We have ordered that all our offices in states of the federation be shut down,” she said.
Mrs. John is the chairperson of Nigeria Civil Service Union at the commission, an affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress.
She alleged that the problem was caused by government’s decision to put the PCC under the control of the National Assembly, two years ago.
Source: Premium Times
The chairperson of the commission’s labour union, Dorcas John told Premium Times that the salaries of workers at the PCC had been slashed by over 50 per cent since the beginning of this year.
She said although the commission started having problems with paying salaries about two years ago, the problem worsened since the start of 2016.
“We have been having issues of non-payment of salaries from January till now. They slashed our budget by 50 per cent. Both overheads, capital and everything. It’s no longer funny. Staff can no longer pay their children’s school fees. They pay us only about 40 per cent or sometimes 50 per cent and thereabouts of our salaries.
“As we speak, we have written a circular which was distributed through all the states of the federation. We have ordered that all our offices in states of the federation be shut down,” she said.
Mrs. John is the chairperson of Nigeria Civil Service Union at the commission, an affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress.
She alleged that the problem was caused by government’s decision to put the PCC under the control of the National Assembly, two years ago.
Source: Premium Times
