Members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ),
yesterday locked down the premises of Thisday newspaper over the
company’s refusal to pay its staff salaries for about nine months.
The union members, led by the NUJ Lagos State Chairman, Deji Elumoye, carried placards and barricaded the entrances of the media organisation.
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Thisday is owned by the President of the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Nduka Obaigbena and Elumoye is also a senior staff of Thisday.
According to Elumoye, he lead the protest against his organisation to show that charity begins at home. He condemned the continuous refusal of the management of Thisday and 12 other media houses to settle the several months arrears of salaries to their workers, especially journalists.
He said,“I am an Associate Editor in Thisday, but, I chose to picket Thisday first. There are other media organisations owing over two years and we will go to all of them. It is time to put a stop the non-payment of salaries in media organisations. Many families cannot pay their house rents or their children’s school fees. The journalists are paid peanuts. Yet, they do not get the salaries. It is sad.”
The union members, led by the NUJ Lagos State Chairman, Deji Elumoye, carried placards and barricaded the entrances of the media organisation.
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Thisday is owned by the President of the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Nduka Obaigbena and Elumoye is also a senior staff of Thisday.
According to Elumoye, he lead the protest against his organisation to show that charity begins at home. He condemned the continuous refusal of the management of Thisday and 12 other media houses to settle the several months arrears of salaries to their workers, especially journalists.
He said,“I am an Associate Editor in Thisday, but, I chose to picket Thisday first. There are other media organisations owing over two years and we will go to all of them. It is time to put a stop the non-payment of salaries in media organisations. Many families cannot pay their house rents or their children’s school fees. The journalists are paid peanuts. Yet, they do not get the salaries. It is sad.”
He also called on the National Pension Commission to prosecute media owners, who do not remit workers’ pension contributions.
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In solidarity with the NUJ, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) also revealed that it will give full backing to the group, Gong news reports.
The acting president of the NLC, Peters Adeyemi, said the principle and logic that the labourer was deserving of his wages was infinite, sacred and sacrosanct as the core of the employer-worker relationship.
“The picketing of ThisDay represents a bold and courageous response after all the processes of an amicable resolution had been exhausted.
“It also represents the beginning of a long process of engagement with other non-salary-paying media organisations, ” the NLC said.
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Meanwhile, alleged members of the Boko Haram sect have threatened in an email, to kill Adeola Akinremi, Features Editor of This Day Newspaper.
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In solidarity with the NUJ, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) also revealed that it will give full backing to the group, Gong news reports.
The acting president of the NLC, Peters Adeyemi, said the principle and logic that the labourer was deserving of his wages was infinite, sacred and sacrosanct as the core of the employer-worker relationship.
“The picketing of ThisDay represents a bold and courageous response after all the processes of an amicable resolution had been exhausted.
“It also represents the beginning of a long process of engagement with other non-salary-paying media organisations, ” the NLC said.
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Meanwhile, alleged members of the Boko Haram sect have threatened in an email, to kill Adeola Akinremi, Features Editor of This Day Newspaper.
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