Workers at Imo Specialist Hospital, Umuguma New Owerri, Imo State have raised an alarm over the 70% salary payment they have continued to receive despite 100% government has been paying workers in the state.
Information revealed that for more than one year, the workers have been complaining of ill-treatments handed to them by the state government. The worst is the 70% salary which they have continued to receive while other workers get 100% payment.
The aggrieved workers were on demonstration spree over the short payment.
Our sources noticed that on several working days, the workers blocked entrance and refused patients entry.
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Some of the workers who spoke to our reporter disclosed that other health institutions in the state received a hundred percent salary since last year but uptil now Imo State Specialist Hospital Umuguma only received seventy percent instead of full payment.
The workers threatened to shut down the health facility completely if nothing is done fast to remedy their situation.
“We are begging Governor Uzodinma to come to our rescue as a matter of urgency” the aggrieved health workers cried out.
A visit to Imo Specialist Hospital showed that workers there now start full work from 2pm and their reason for the half-day work is to show their grievances to the government who has refused to pay them full salary.
It was further gathered that despite the half-day work 80% of sick people in Imo State still visit the place for treatment because the health workers there are well trained.
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*Imo: Gov Uzodinma Re-assures Imo State Athletes Of His Support.*
The Imo State Governor Senator Hope Uzodinma, has assured Imo athletes and their officials of their full participation at the National Sports festival holding in Benin from March 22nd – April 10th 2020.
The governor made this statement at the government house in Owerri when he received the Unity Torch.
He assured that the athletes and officials will see a different festival under his administration different from what it used to be in the past, promising to ensure that they lack nothing.
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Senator Uzodinma expressed his happiness when he received e the festival’s Unity Torch for the very first time as a governor which he said has added another feather to his cap.
The torch was handed over to the governor by the state director of sports in the commission, Mrs. Chizotam Aretola who received it form a representative of the Federal Ministry of Sports, Abuja, Mrs. Owoh.
In another development, Aretha took the opportunity to appeal to the governor to come to their assistance by making funds available to enable them to receive and pay for some new training kits the athletes would use at the festival.
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