Peter Obi Sounds Alarm Over UNIZIK Staff Unpaid for 5 Years, Demands Action

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The Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi has lamented over a group of teaching and non-teaching staff of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, who have reportedly gone without salaries for five years.

He called on the Federal Government to intervene in the matter.

Obi made the call after meeting with the affected staff on Friday, who narrated their shocking and heartbreaking ordeal.

The workers were reportedly employed between 2019 and 2020, and despite their valid appointments, they have been excluded from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, rendering them ineligible to receive their lawful earnings.

According to Obi, the Five Years Without Pay: Obi Condemns Neglect of UNIZIK Workerssituation is not merely a case of delayed salaries but one of total exclusion from the federal payroll system.

“They have written petitions and appealed to various bodies, both within and outside Nigeria, yet the situation remains unchanged,” he said.

According to him, the consequences of the prolonged salary denial have been dire, and recounted harrowing stories shared by the staff, including eviction from houses, family breakdowns, untreated medical conditions, and in some tragic instances, the death of colleagues who could not afford basic healthcare.

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