It was a surprise scene at the Ministry of Finance this
morning, Monday 20th as the Workers in the Ministry took to the street to
protest, demanding for the removal of the Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun.
They accused the Minister of collecting her own allowances
when other staff have not received any of
their allowances amounted to N1.2billion
One of such allowances, they alleged, was the N30 million
for house rent annually.
The Permanent Secretary, Mahmud Isa-Dutse, said the N1.2
billion was an illegal payment that the workers have been receiving at the
beginning of the year before now.
The money is said not to be captured in the Ministry’s 2016
Budget, hence Adeosun’s position not to pay the staff the sum.
As at press time, policemen have been deployed to the
Ministry to prevent the protest from getting out of hand.
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