The Federal Federal Capital Territory Administration, workers have barricaded the entrance to the secretariat over unpaid allowances.
Hundreds of workers singing solidarity songs are calling on President Goodluck Jonathan to sack the minister whom they accuse of embezzling their allowances for 2015 campaign.
One of the workers who spoke to our reporter on condition of anonymity said ” We haven’t been paid our allowances for over six months now and we hear the minister has no plans of doing so”.
“We are calling on President Goodluck Jonathan to prevail on the matter by sacking Senator Bala Mohammed” She added.
The workers accuse the minister of not willing to pay their allowances as he has the money moved in for his 2015 campaign as Bauchi state Governor.
Some of the workers lamenting the situation they’ve had to suffer said they weren’t willing to work or resume at their various offices until the Presidency assures them of their entitlements.
Armed police officers have been deployed to the venue of the protest but the workers are insisting on the Ministers removal.
Another worker who spoke to our reporter also not willing to disclose his identity said ” Bala should be allowed to go and concentrate on his 2015 ambition but he shouldn’t be allowed to go away with what belongs to us”
“We have labored for this money and it’s ours, the festive season is around and public officials shouldn’t be allowed to treat us as nothing”.
The Newswirengr news crew will be following the story as it develops.
The protesting FCT workers should be allowed to go on with their protest against Bala Mohammed’s administration. Mr Mohammed’s administration of FCT has witnessed wanton corruption thereby development as Nigerians can see.
Bala, shortly after his reappointment as Minister of FCT allegedly released N6m to senior officials and aides in the ministry to go, burn fat in Germany.
The money was alleged to have been indiscriminately disbursed across board be you fat or not.
That singular action exposed Mr Mohammed as having too much money at his disposal to plunder with impunity.
We have it on good authority that officials of that Ministry especially Bala’s aides particularly one Mr Ali extorts money from intending visitors to the Minister. He collects not less than N5m for a letter to pass through to the Mr Bala’s table. There is a network of corruption running in Bala’s Ministry.
As it is in FCT Ministry the corruption in GEJ’s cabinet runs through the same pattern in other ministries.
May God help us.
The protesting FCT workers should be allowed to go on with their protest against Bala Mohammed’s administration. Mr Mohammed’s administration of FCT has witnessed wanton corruption thereby impeding development as Nigerians can see.
Bala, shortly after his reappointment as Minister of FCT allegedly released N6m to each senior officials and aides in the ministry to go, burn fat in Germany.
The money was alleged to have been indiscriminately disbursed across board be you fat or not.
That singular action exposed Mr Mohammed as having too much money at his disposal to plunder with impunity.
We have it on good authority that officials of that Ministry especially Bala’s aides particularly one Mr Ali extorts money from intending visitors to the Minister. He collects not less than N5m for a letter to pass through to the Mr Bala’s table. There is a network of corruption running in Bala’s Ministry.
As it is in FCT Ministry the corruption in GEJ’s cabinet runs through other federal ministry in the same pattern.
May God rescue us from the plunderers of our commonwealth.