SO SAD!!! Imo Contractors Protest Over Unpaid Debts. (Photographs)
Oppressed individuals from Imo State Registered Contractors yesterday fought over the non-installment of over N4.2 billion owed them by the Imo State Government.
The temporary workers, who fought before Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in Abuja, said that they were granted agreements by the quick past legislative leader of Imo STATE, Rt Hon. Emeka Ihedioha to execute various undertakings, for example, redesign of schools, development of new schools (grade schools and junior auxiliary schools) before the organization was sacked by the Supreme Court. Yet, Senator Hope Uzodinma, who succeeded him, begged the contractual workers to proceed with their undertakings, an advancement that convinced them to obtain cash from their banks to finish the ventures.
A portion of the bulletins read: "Banks and budgetary foundations have assumed control over our property", "Spare our property from lenders", "Temporary workers are biting the dust of starvation", Interests on credits are heaping," and so on.
Tending to newsmen in Abuja, the Chairman of the contractual workers, Honorable Williams Ejiakor, said that the temporary workers fought before UBEC, in light of the fact that the commission is a significant partner and having administered and delivered its own partner reserves, the commission ought to sway the Imo State Government to pay them.
"We redesigned schools, fabricated new schools - elementary schools and junior optional schools. We have 261 remodels and new structures, just as 23 boreholes and work areas. The agreement was granted by the quick past legislative leader of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha. We carried out the responsibilities on January 14, 2020. At the point when the new lead representative, Senator Hope Uzodinma went ahead board, he made a cross country broadcast on January 16, 2020, and encouraged us to return to site and finish our positions. We obliged him, possibly to be told in March when a few of us had completed our positions that he was not going to pay.
"Its irritating some portion is that the store for this activity is domiciled in Owerri part of Zenith Bank. Our individuals are languishing. We can no longer cover our tabs. We lost one of our individuals multi week back, in light of the fact that she was unable to stand to cover her clinical tabs.
"Thus, we have come to Abuja to look for help from UBEC as a senior accomplice in this issue to sway Imo State Government to pay us our cash, in light of the fact that a laborer merits his wages. Those positions followed all known due cycles, " he said.
As indicated by Ejiakor, UBEC has prompted the lead representative to pay them, however the lead representative is demanding that he would not pay for contracts granted by Emeka Ihedioha.
"The administration of UBEC has exhorted the state government to pay us. Why he has would not pay is the thing that I don't have a clue. The greater part of us acquired cash from banks, and the premium is heaping each day. We lost a lady three weeks back. We are speaking to Senator Hope Uzodinma to temper equity with kindness and pay us our cash. We didn't perpetrate any wrongdoing by working for the state. Government is a continuum," the administrator noted.
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