Staff of the Federal Fire Service have raised the alert over the non-installment of two months remittances by the office.
The staff, who spoke to our Correspondent, revealed that the organization hadn’t pay them their stipends with no “unmistakable reasons”.
They said that notwithstanding the non-installment of compensations, they were being made to resume to the workplace and do day by day exercises just as react to crises.
The staff, who argued namelessness, mourned that they were being presented to difficulty as the financial circumstance in the nation kept on gnawing harder.
“It is more than 60 days of work at the Federal Fire Service and we are yet to get our compensation, two months pay.
“The last compensation we got was in August as the compensation for the month.
“We are living in difficulty due to the non-installment of the compensation, we are truly baffled, Schools are continue, no cash to send our youngsters to class any more, to eat isn’t simple Again. The circumstance is deteriorating for us the same number of us are family man and we depend on this regularly scheduled compensation we get,” said one of the staff.
Another staff, affirmed the non-installment of compensations, clarified that it had been hard to adapt, as the compensation was the main methods for food for his family.
He stated, “Regularly, we get our compensation from the 26th to 29th of consistently.
“At the point when we were not paid for September, the organization didn’t utter a word and we were considering what is happening.
“From that point forward, I have needed to proportion nourishment for my family and make a few forfeits to continue the family.
“Once in a while, I journey significant distance when going to work, so I can decrease the amount I spend on transportation day by day.”
Accordingly, the Federal Fire Service said the non-installment of compensations was because of the lacking assets in the organization’s work force cost head.
In a roundabout on October 14, 2020, and marked by Agholor Michael for the Director, Finance and Account of the Federal Fire Service, the office likewise said that different offices were additionally enduring a similar destiny as it said endeavors were set up to determine the non-installment.
“This is to educate the work force regarding the administration that delay in the installment of September 2020 compensation was because of the inadequate assets in the Federal Fire Service staff cost head simply like different MDAs.
“Ensuing upon the abovementioned, applicable offices have been reached and endeavors are in top apparatus to determine the issue as quickly as time permits,” the roundabout peruses.
The staff of the office, notwithstanding, exposed the case of the fire administration that different offices were not being paid.
“We are under the Ministry of Interior along with Nigerian Correctional Service and the Immigration Service and those two MDAs were paid for September and are accepting October installment,” the staff said.
They argued to the administration and Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, to intercede in their situation and direct the quick and brief installment of their compensations.
“We approach the Minister of Interior and Federal Government to please mediate in our issue as we acquire cash to purchase food and pay for our vehicle to go to work, a few of us can’t take care of for their clinical tabs,” they said.
