‘We’ve not been paid salaries two years after extension of service’ – Abia health workers lament

Some wellness workers successful Abia State civilian work whose status ages were extended by the authorities authorities successful 2024 person marched to the Office of the Accountant General of the State, Mrs Njum-Uma Onyemenam, to request the commencement of their wage payments.

The workers comprising nurses and unit from the Hospital Management Board and Ministry of Health, among others, alleged that they person not been paid salaries contempt their callback to the work successful 2024.

Speaking successful beforehand of the Abia State Accountant-General’s bureau successful Umuahia connected Tuesday, the wellness workers said the Abia State authorities had successful 2024 extended their years of work from 35 years to 40 years and from 60 years of property to 65 years.

The wellness workers claimed that contempt going done reinstatement screenings, they were yet to beryllium paid, portion those who wanted to process their status documents for pensions and gratuity were not capable to bash so.

“The governor, successful his fatherly heart, approved the reinstatement of retired wellness workers successful enactment with the Federal Government circular.

“He added 5 years to retired wellness workers. But since 2024 till now, we person not been paid. We person done each indispensable happening they privation america to do, still, we are not paid,” Mrs Egendu, 1 of the wellness workers, l...