Workers at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington have been on a sit-in, paralysing activities at the mission in the United States.
Although some departments of the embassy are said to still be functional, they threatened to report the embassy to the U.S. Labour Department.
There were no official functions at the embassy on Tuesday, as the workers only gathered at the lunch room in the basement.
The embassy in Washington and the consulate in New York are said to be currently cash strapped, with staff and local workers not being paid for months.
A source close to the Presidency said there has been a lot of mismanagement of resources in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, causing a lack of concern for staff welfare and difficulty in the missions being able to carry out their functions. (Channelstv)
“Oh Chineke…ekwela ihe ojoo!” Simply put: “Let God not permit bad things.” But how can he not?
Here’s a country froth with such corruption and financial mismanagement that “trunks of people’s vehicles” and “file cabinets of state functionaries’ offices and apartments are filled with millions of stolen and unaccounted dollars.
I bet you a dime, the recently discovered $43 million could be used to pay the salaries of these employees and a whole bunch of others and we’d still have some money left over…who’s up for the bet?
All the people that are attacking this administration should hone in on this issue; and all the surrogates that are defending this Buhari’s administration must open their eyes things like this…”Ka Chineke mezie okwu!”
Cash Ezimako
Cash Ezimako