Irate Workers Close Plateau LG Secretariat Over Unpaid Wages
Lantang North Local Government Area of Plateau State was on Thursday closed by irate workers who were protesting non-payment of salaries.
The workers said their decision to shut down the secretariate was informed by the non-payment of their salaries for more than four months.
Simon Lalong
One of the workers who spoke to Punch on the condition of anonymity said, ”Early morning today (Thursday), Local Government staff of Langtang North LGA in large numbers embarked on a peaceful demonstration to register their grievances over non-payment of six months salary by the Local Government Management team.
“The council secretariat was closed under the instruction of the National Union of Local Government Employees. All offices were closed, both local and federal, including the judiciary...