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IBC Suspends NAWOJ Chairperson for Demanding 3 Months Salary Payment

  • Date of Occurrence
    May 14, 2020
  • State/Country
    Imo, Nigeria
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A staff of Imo state Broadcasting Corporation and  Nursing mother,  Barr Vivian Ottih,  was yesterday issued an indefinite suspension letter over her recent request for payment of three months salary arrears.

In a letter titled,” Indefinite Suspension” which was signed by one Mrs Osuchukwu S.O(Mrs) as acting Director-General of Imo Broadcasting Corporation(IBC), dated 14th May 2020 stated that the director general has been directed to communicate the labour leader, Ottih of her indefinite suspension.

The letter which also stated that the suspension is with immediate effect said that the decision of the state-owned establishment is based on the fact that the management is not convinced with Ottih’s response as she did not show any remorse

Ottih who is the Chairman of the National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) Imo State Chapter and staff of Imo State Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) had in her reply to the query issued her while she is still nursing her newborn baby, denied granting any press conference to journalists and wondered why anyone should misinterpret her patriotic gesture aimed at causing Imo State government to pay IBC staff their three months arrears of salary as a confrontation

Speaking with our reporter earlier, Ottih averred that she is surprised that people could make a mountain out of a mole over Save Our Soul (SOS) request she made.

 

According to Ottih, “as a labour leader, my worry is that most of our members are dying of hunger over the refusal of the government to pay the workers, hence, I made a harmless request” through an aide of the Governor. More worrisome is the fact that IBC workers have no other jobs and only depend on their salary to feed and following the lockdown, within the period they continued to attend to work as essential duty staff, it is wrong for them to be owed three months salary without a sort or form of palliative measure adduced or offered by the government.

 

Everyone knows that with the outbreak of covid-19 and the lockdown, our people were even barred from going out let alone engaging in any other assignment to make a living”, Ottih reiterated.

Recall that Vivian Ottih had on May 4, 2020, taken to her Facebook page where she made a passionate appeal to the government over the piteous plights of her colleagues by drawing the attention of some confidants of hers who are appointees of the Imo government, pleading with them to pay IBC workers before they die of hunger.

As revealed, shortly after the appeal, the Management of IBC gave her a query with an ultimatum that she should respond to it within 24 hours.

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  • Date of Occurrence
    2020-05-14
  • State/Country
    Imo
  • Perpetrator
    Imo Broadcasting Corporation(IBC)
  • Source
    https://noblereportnigeria.wordpress.com/2020/05/15/ibc-suspends-nawoj-chairperson-a-nursing-mother-for-demanding-3-months-salary-payment/
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Imo, Nigeria

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  • Female
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