… Alleging Years of Exploitation, Maltreatment by IBEDC, Recruitment Agent
… As they Calls for Intervention from President, Ministers of Labour, Power, Oyo state Governor
Electricity workers in Ibadan have staged a protest against the casualization of workers without formal employment, non payment of hazard allowance, maltreatment of staff, and engaging their staff under slave labour.
The workers, who occupied the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company office in the Ring Road area, and later moved to their recruitment outsourcing agent, Premier International Procurement logistics alleged that some employees had worked as casual workers for years, receiving meager salaries without prospects of full employment.
The protesters who spoke with National Daily News expressed concerns about deductions from staffers’ salaries without remittance.
One of the casual workers that spoke with National Daily News, Oluwatobiloba Omisore claimed that IBEDC and their outsourcing recruitment agent are engaging their staff with undue labour without a commensurate payment to their services rendered to the company.
Also speaking with one of the protesters, Olaoye Luqman called on the president of the federal Republic of Nigeria, Minister of Labour and Employment and Minister of Power to intervene and rescue them from exploitation by their employers stressed that they are Nigerians and are entitled to right to dignity of labour.
They further appealed to Oyo state Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde to help them by delivering them from being misuse and unfair treatment by their employers noting that they have the right to enjoy the minimum wage been pronounced by the federal government.
While National Daily News Correspondent effort to get the reaction from the Managing Director of the Outsourcing Recruitment Agent, Mr Wale Adeniji proved abortive as he declined in speaking with journalist.
Recall that the Head of Branding and Corporate Communications IBEDC, Angela Olanrewaju has revealed that the company has no casual workers as their duties have been outsourced.
At the time of filling rhis report, many of the protesters were at the entrance gate of the Outsourcing Recruitment agent that stand as the middle-man between IBEDC and it casual workers.
Many of the protesters were hanging around the vicinity of their Outsourcing Recruitment Agent Carried placards wirh various inscriptions, “Premier International Procurement logistics Stop Exploiting Us”,
“IBEDC We Are all Entitled To Equal Salary Payment”
Many of the protesters were seen stranded and appealing to the federal to deliver them from the hands of exploiters.
