THERE was a protest yesterday at the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF). The workers are demanding the payment of N1.2 billion allowances.
The staff who had earlier planned the protest for Tuesday postponed it till yesterday as SGF Anyim Pius Anyim was away from the office.
The angry staff blocked all the entrances around 2pm when Anyim arrived the office.
The staff said they had petitioned Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chair Ibrahim Lamorde over the matter.
The EFCC Chairman, it was said, visited the SGF after receiving the petition. This could, however, not be confirmed last night.
The angry civil servants gave Anyim a 24-hour ultimatum to pay the allowances.
When contacted on telephone last night, the Special Adviser on Media to the SGF, Sam Nwabasi, told The Nation that the office was surprised with the figure being thrown up as no money has been mentioned in the earlier discussions between the unions and the management.
According to him, the union had earlier demanded for 18 items, including erecting an ATM machine and a canteen in the office.
He said that management had looked into their demands and communicated back its responses to the union. They have been waiting for them to make their views known to management on the proposals.
But rather than come back to the management, he said that they took the action and made the spurious monetary allegations.
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