Reason Why Nigerian Embassy In Washington Sacked Workers

The Nigerian Embassy inwards Washington, DC, has said that the recent disengagement of roughly workers at the diplomatic mission followed due process.

Senior officials at the diplomatic mission told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the benefits of the fifteen local workers, who were late set off, would live on paid soon.

They said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja, approved the disengagement of the workers due to roughly ongoing rationalisation of workers at the embassy.

The officials, however, said the ministry building had too approved the payment of gratuities to the workers, roughly of whom had worked alongside the diplomatic mission for to a greater extent than than thirty years.

Some of the affected workers had alleged that the determination to lay them off was arbitrary.

They too alleged that the diplomatic mission had no plans to pay their gratuity in addition to other severance benefits.

Further, the local staff, who were generally Nigerians, had defendant the Mission of retaining the non-Nigerian employees at the expense of those who are of Nigerian nationality.

However, the diplomatic mission officials denied that at that topographic point was no prior discovery to the disengaged workers, proverb they genuinely agreed to the scheme since Feb 2017.

They too assured the workers that the processes for the payment of their entitlements had reached an advanced stage.

One of the officials said: “In Feb 2017, at that topographic point was a determination to disengage roughly of the local staff.

“However, they pleaded to an scheme to live on on contract for roughly other 1 year, which lapsed inwards Feb 2018. The ministry building from Abuja approved their disengagement.

“As I am talking to you, nosotros accept received approving from Abuja to pay their benefits in addition to they would live on paid really soon. It is truthful that roughly of them accept position inwards upward to thirty years of service.

“They were engaged on contracts in addition to it is the determination of the regime to either croak on to renew their contract or to halt it if their services are no longer needed.

“Some whose contracts were terminated inwards 2013 were non paid inwards sum simply nosotros are working out their benefits to brand certain that those whose appointments were terminated have their sum benefits.

“It is too non truthful that they were arbitrarily disengaged; they were aware of the contract in addition to they signed on to it since final year”.

NAN recalled that the embassy, inwards 2017, had several disagreements alongside the local workers over the non-payment of salaries spanning several months, leading to protestation at the diplomatic mission at the time.

Some of the workers too embarked on function to rule, which disrupted consular services at the diplomatic mission earlier they were paid next approving of 3 months’ salary past times the ministry. (NAN)

Ref: thenationonline.