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Daily Post Nigeria Published Workers of Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ISOPADEC) on Tuesday, took to the streets of Owerri, the Imo State capital, demanding for the return of their salary scale. DAILY POST gathered that the protesting staff also demanded that their monthly salary be paid as at when due. The leader of the delegation and chairman of the ISOPADEC workers, Chinedu Awuzie, while speaking to the press, said the ill treatment meted on them by the government was undeserved. According to him, “the government has frustrated us enough. During our last protest in 2020, 15 of us including a pregnant woman were arrested and detained for 35days when the court granted us bail. ....
Okorocha stated this while hosting less privileged Nigerian Muslims in his private office in Abuja, on Tuesday. The former Governor of Imo State said Buhari must address injustice and tackle poverty in order to restore calm. “I will comfortably say 75% are not happy at this moment. There is nothing productive that can come from Nigeria for as long as this alarming number remains unhappy. “Whatever we can use to guarantee their happiness as a nation, we should do that. “You cannot solve a problem unless you know the cause. “The cause of our Nigerian problem lies in injustice and poverty. The quicker this government moves to address injustice, the better it is to reduce the level of anger on the nation,” Okorocha said. ....
They vowed that no amount of intimidation and clampdown would stop them from demanding complete payment of their salaries. The chairman of the oil workers in the state, Chinedu Awuzie, and that of the workers’ welfare committee, Ifeanyi Adakwa, expressed bitterness that they were being harassed and intimidated for demanding their rights. Awuzie said that the slash in their salaries started in January 2020. He said: “In their first protest, the government arrested 15 of us, including pregnant women and detained them for 35 days in prison custody before the court granted them bail. “In the second protest, the government sacked 108 of us in a swoop, alleging employment irregularities. ....