SURE-P officers protest in Lagos, claim Bode George, others dupe them millions of Naira

Recruited officers of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) and Federal Task Force (FERMA) have accused the Lagos State coordinator of the programme of owing them three years salaries running into millions of naira.

The officers during a protest on Monday at the office of the National Human Rights Commission, Oshodi, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, equally protested against the fraudulent extortion of money from them by some executives of the programme.

The protesters accused their National officers and chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos as being responsible for subjecting them to such dehumanising condition and extorting money from them, adding that the management was using the SURE-P/FERMA job to exploit desperate job seekers for their selfish political gains.

Ondo workers embark on 2-day warning strike over unpaid salaries

Ondo State Government workers on Tuesday began a two-day warning strike over three months unpaid salaries.

The state Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mrs Bosede Daramola, said in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Akure that, the strike was to draw the attention of the government to pay the workers.

According to her, the state government has failed to respond to the workers demand, in spite of series of meetings between it and the union.

Salaries and allowances of Nigerian senators revealed

The salaries and allowances of Nigerian senators which have not been in the public knowledge have now been revealed. 

According to information reaching Naija StarNews 24, the breakdown of Salaries and Allowances due to a senator (Exclusive of all the Pecks) is as follows:

Basic Salary (BS) = N2,484,245.50

Hardship Allowance: 50% of Basic Salary = N1,242,122.75.

Constituency allowance: 200% of BS = N4,968,509.00.

Furniture Allowance: 300% of BS = N7,452,736.50.

Newspaper allowance: 50% = N1,242,122.70.