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Sections News Editorial/Opinion Cover Choice Arts & Life Business Politics Sports   Subscription Form Click here       Daily Independent Online.         * Friday, August 13, 2004. BPE pledges  to pay DTN workers By Bolaji Adepegba and Emmanuel Ukudolo, Lagos   The Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) has listed current and former workers of Daily Times of Nigeria (DTN) and their entitlements with a view to paying all monies due to them. But the DTN chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ) has issued a seven-day ultimatum starting from August 12 for the bureau to pay all outstanding entitlements or risk an indefinite industrial action to press home the demands. In the interim, the workers plan to down tools on Thursday to protest the non-payment. The one-day protest is to warn the bureau of the impending major industrial action if it fails to address their demands by August 18. NUJ Chairman, Daily Times chapter, Adedeinde Aderarakan, said the workers have co-operated up to date with the BPE knowing that it is on that basis they would receive their due. He added that the attitude of the BPE has become unacceptable having reneged on earlier promises to pay all entitlements after receiving the sales proceeds from Folio Communications which bought the DTN. A statement from the BPE explaining its position, its Head of Communications and Marketing, Charles Odenigbo, said following the payment by Folio, the bureau has been awaiting the approval of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) to offset all debts. “The Sales Purchase Agreement (SPA) the bureau entered with the new owners was guided by the overall interest of workers and the desire to promote the historical significance of the newspaper outfit in the industry”, he said. Pressing home its point, the NUJ said in a communiqu� issued at the end of the congress held on 11 July that: “There will be no handing over to the new owners of the company, Folio Communications Limited on August 26 as planned until all salaries and benefits are paid as promised by the BPE director general”. It said the journalists did not see any reason for the company not to act on the payment of benefits since it just received N1.25 billion from Folio.       Copyright� 2002. All Rights Reserved Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.independentng.com e-mail: [email protected]

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