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Workers of the Benue State Health Management Board, on Monday in Makurdi, the state capital, staged a peaceful protest demanding for the payment of their 14 months salaries.
Speaking on behalf of the protesters, the Medical Director, General Hospital, Vandeikya, Dr Samuel Ngishe, told the scribe that they were at the office to get answers to their unpaid salaries.
He regretted that while most of the workers were yet to receive their salaries, some had been paid for three months.
He also demanded to know the fate of the workers as there were speculations that some of the workers' appointments had been terminated by the board.
Nyitse said that the some of the workers were employed as replacement staff with their payments captured in the 2015 budget and wondered why it had become difficult for the board to pay their salaries.
He lamented that the prolonged delay in salary payment had caused untold hardship to the workers and revealed that some had even been chased out of their apartments over the inability to settle their rents.
He appealed to the executive secretary to consider their plight and defray the backlog of salaries.
Responding, Tule assured them that their grievances would be conveyed to the appropriate channel.
He, however, warned them against rumour mongering, stressing that no staff had been laid off.
"We are a hospital’s management board and carried out our responsibility by recruiting you to replace those that had either resigned, retired or died after approvals were given.
"Beyond that, we are not responsible for the payment of salaries, but we shall let the right authorities know of your complaints," he said.
Speaking on behalf of the protesters, the Medical Director, General Hospital, Vandeikya, Dr Samuel Ngishe, told the scribe that they were at the office to get answers to their unpaid salaries.
He regretted that while most of the workers were yet to receive their salaries, some had been paid for three months.
He also demanded to know the fate of the workers as there were speculations that some of the workers' appointments had been terminated by the board.
Nyitse said that the some of the workers were employed as replacement staff with their payments captured in the 2015 budget and wondered why it had become difficult for the board to pay their salaries.
He lamented that the prolonged delay in salary payment had caused untold hardship to the workers and revealed that some had even been chased out of their apartments over the inability to settle their rents.
He appealed to the executive secretary to consider their plight and defray the backlog of salaries.
Responding, Tule assured them that their grievances would be conveyed to the appropriate channel.
He, however, warned them against rumour mongering, stressing that no staff had been laid off.
"We are a hospital’s management board and carried out our responsibility by recruiting you to replace those that had either resigned, retired or died after approvals were given.
"Beyond that, we are not responsible for the payment of salaries, but we shall let the right authorities know of your complaints," he said.
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