Women Affairs Minister Locked Out By Workers Over Alleged Poor Working Conditions 

Staff of the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs connected Wednesday, September 10, locked retired the Minister, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, successful Abuja implicit what they described arsenic prolonged neglect and mediocre payment conditions.

The protesting workers, successful their numbers, blocked the entranceway gates of the Ministry located successful the Central Area, chanting solidarity songs and calling for her removal.

According to them, respective attempts to prosecute the Minister connected issues affecting their payment had failed, leaving them with nary enactment but to embark connected the protest.

“The Minister was deployed to the Ministry successful October past year, and since then, she has not had immoderate gathering with the workers nor the unions,” 1 unit subordinate told journalists.

“After respective efforts, she fixed a gathering with the unions and unit connected Wednesday, and we were glad. Every unit member, including the Permanent Secretary and each the Directors, were seated since greeting waiting for the Minister.

“We waited for the Minister for astir 4 hours, due to the fact that we were told she was returning from a trip. Surprisingly, she snubbed america erstwhile she arrived. She ne'er said ‘hello’ to america nor adjacent apologised for keeping america waiting for respective hours. Rather, she gave america soundless attraction and went to her office. We waited patiently for astir an hr for her to travel down, but she ne'er did. That made america explicit our grievances,” the unit subordinate added.

According to Daily Sun, Union leaders besides accused Sulaiman-Ibrahim of failing to supply basal moving tools and payment support.

“In fact, the immediate-past Minister, Uju Ohanenye, is acold amended than her,” said Alake Success, 1 of the national leaders. “In our Ministry, determination are nary moving tools, statutory welfare, training, and respective different issues.

“We don’t spot the usefulness of the overhead allocation to the Ministry. The Minister and her implicit 25 aides usage the money. We usage our idiosyncratic funds to enactment for the Ministry. Cleaners are nary longer successful the Ministry. We cleanable the toilets ourselves; we bargain stationery ourselves.”

He further disclosed that adjacent the Permanent Secretary had confirmed making efforts to gully the Minister’s attraction to unit concerns without affirmative response.

As of property time, the gates of the Ministry remained locked, portion the Minister was yet to code the aggrieved workers oregon respond to the allegations.