Hundreds
of policemen on Monday staged a peaceful protest over non payment of two months
salaries in Kaduna.
Over 700
of the policemen have not been paid their August and September salaries, while
more than 5, 000 are being underpaid.
The
policemen, cutting across all ranks, gathered in front of the Salaries Office
inside the State Police Command Headquarters, said it was not easy operating
without salary.
They
appealed to the police authority to immediately rectify the problem, to save
them from further hardship.
The
Commissioner of Police, Mr Agyole Abeh, who addressed the protesting policemen,
absolved the police authority of blame, attributing the delay in payment to the
Federal Ministry of Finance, IPPS office.
He
appealed for restraint and advised those affected to channel their grievances
through the right channel.
“We are
not happy with the situation; but what government is doing is to check ghost
workers and bring sanity in the financial system,” Abeh said.
PM News.
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