Corps members threaten boycott

Date: 24-01-2011 11:55 am (14 years ago) | Author: Aliuniyi lawal
- at 24-01-2011 11:55 AM (14 years ago)
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The ongoing voter registration may suffer setbacks in some parts of Lagos State, as the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members have threatened to boycott the exercise starting from Monday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt, on Sunday in Lagos, that the planned action was to press home their demand for the payment of their allowances.

Some of the corps members told NAN that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had not paid them the N700-daily allowance since the exercise began eight days ago.

One of them, Emmanuel Samuel, said at Tomia Primary School, Agbado, Oke-Odo Local Government Council Development Area, that many of his colleagues had no money to continue with the exercise.

“We have only been paid N10,000 which was for the training we had.

“They are supposed to pay us N5,600 for feeding and transportation for two weeks but they have not paid us anything till now.

“So there is a possibility that we will go on strike on Monday because we cannot continue to work under this condition,” Samuel said.

Janet Eze, a female corps member, told NAN that they had been surviving on the benevolence of some individuals in the area they work since the exercise commenced.

Posted: at 24-01-2011 11:55 AM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac
- SNYPER at 25-01-2011 02:45 PM (14 years ago)
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na waooo wen r we going to b straight frwrd. i'm sure d person in charge of these allowances is trying to reap d fruit of their labour.
Posted: at 25-01-2011 02:45 PM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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