They accused the management of refusing to implement the new salary structure.
The Staff members of the Public Complaints Commission on Wednesday shut down the agency’s headquarters in Abuja to protest against the non-implementation of a new salary structure.
The workers, under the aegis of the Joint Union of Public Complaints Commission, locked the gates and prevented the management staff members from going into their offices after the last meeting held with management reached a deadlock.
The protesting workers were seen singing and dancing.
They accused the management of refusing to implement the new salary structure.
“We are agitating for a different salary structure which was approved 17 months ago without financial benefits to date. We learnt that the money was appropriated for and the management staff refused to implement the new salary structure,” one of the protesters told SaharaReporters.
The Senate had upgraded the salary scale of staff of the Public Complaints Commission (PCC) from a Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPASS) to a Consolidated Legislative Salary Structure (CONLESS).
According to the Senate, this was a necessary measure to give the required bite to the war against corruption in line with the policy thrust of the then-President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration
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