The workers accused the management of opting for arbitrary percentage payment.
The staff members of the Public Complaints Commission on Wednesday embarked on industrial action over the management’s refusal to pay their salaries and arrears.
The workers accused the management of opting for arbitrary percentage payment.
The protesting workers accused the management of attempting to use the personnel budget for capital projects.
The staff members earlier shut down the agency’s headquarters in Abuja to protest against the non-implementation of a new salary structure.
SaharaReporters learnt that the workers locked their Chief Commissioner and the management staff members inside the premises.
“This followed the management’s refusal to pay their salaries and arrears and opting for arbitrary percentage payment while attempting to use the personnel budget for capital projects,” one of the workers said in a message sent to SaharaReporters.
The workers, under the aegis of the Joint Union of Public Complaints Commission, locked the gates and prevented the management staff members from going into their offices after the last meeting held with management reached a deadlock.
The protesting workers were seen singing and dancing.
They accused the management of refusing to implement the new salary structure.
“We are agitating for a different salary structure which was approved 17 months ago without financial benefits to date. We learnt that the money was appropriated for and the management staff refused to implement the new salary structure,” one of the protesters told SaharaReporters.
The Senate had upgraded the salary scale of staff of the Public Complaints Commission (PCC) from a Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPASS) to a Consolidated Legislative Salary Structure (CONLESS).
According to the Senate, this was a necessary measure to give the required bite to the war against corruption in line with the policy thrust of the then-President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
