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Abia hospital workers protest against unpaid salaries

Workers of the Abia Hospital Management Board (AHMB) have protested against non-payment of their 19 monthly salary arrears.

The hospital workers took their grievances to their Umuahia Office on Aba Road, Abia State.

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The protesters, who carried placards with various inscriptions, demanded payment of their outstanding arrears.

During the protest, the protesters blocked one lane of the Aba Road near their office leading to heavy traffic snarl between the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Umuahia and the Golden Guinea Breweries.

Speaking to reporters, Chairman of Allied Action Committee of the Hospital Management Board, Comrade Chikezie Echeta, said they went on the protest because they were owed 19 months’ salary arrears and were bent on drawing Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s attention to their plight.

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Speaking, Chairperson of the AHMB Chapter of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN), Mary Nwokoma, decried the state government’s refusal to pay them despite signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the matter with a pledge to pay as soon as possible.

She lamented that the state government reneged on the agreement.

 

 

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