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.... ....   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates  Towards a better life for the people Search The Archives   Cover Stories National News South West Niger Delta South East North Politics Business Sports World Viewpoints Features   Daily Times workers protest 15 months salary arrears By Olasunkanmi Akoni Friday, August 13, 2004 LAGOS— WORKERS of the Daily Times of Nigeria Plc.,  yesterday staged a peaceful demonstration to protest the non-payment of their 15 months salaries and arrears being owed them by the Bureau for Public Enterprise (BPE),the management of the organisation, calling on President Olusegun Obasanjo to ask Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) to investigate the Director General of the BPE, Dr. Julius Bala over his involvement in the matter. Similarly, the Lagos State council of the Radio, Television, Theatre and Arts Workers Union of Nigeria (RATTAWU) yesterday announced the dissolution of its executives. It would be recalled that Polio Communications Limited, the buyer of Daily Times, had paid the sum of N1.25 billion for the bid. However, the placard carrying workers joined by the state executive members of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) at a protest in the premises of Daily Times at Agindigbi, Ikeja, accused the D-G of BPE of lodging the sum of N1.25 billion per bidding and N70 million from the sale of some company’s property into a fixed deposit account for the purpose of yielding interest. The protest which started  as early as 9.00a.m saw the staff of the company converge at the company’s premises at Lateef Jakande roads, Agidingbi, Ikeja where officials of the BPE, Folio Communications and the management of the company were to have a crucial meeting to discuss the handing over issue on the 26th of this month to Folio. The protest which lasted for hours was led by the Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Daily Times chapter, Mr. Deinde Adefor wakan, while the workers insisted that the meeting would not hold at the venue unless the outstanding arrears were paid by the BPE. However, it took the intervention of the Lagos State chairman of NUJ, Mrs. Funke Fadugba to calm the move of the restive workers who were calling for justice to be done. Fadugba, who addressed the workers, told them that the BPE has resolved to pay the lump of money before the handing over of the company to Folio Communication in two weeks time.   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates © 1998- 2004. Vanguard Media Ltd.

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