A report by Vanguard
indicates that over 50 staff of the Nigerian High Commison in London have been
dismissed.
According to the report,
the staff were dismissed and asked to accept a letter dated Thursday, November
23.
Before now, staff of the
commission have reportedly been working all year (2018) with months of no pay,
while the letter of termination came due to continual outcry from staff members
of the commission demanding their salary arrears.
In the letter signed by one
Helen Nzeako on behalf of the Nigerian High Commission UK, she said the termination
of employment is as a result of restructuring of the organization and due to
budgetary constraints.
The dismissed staff members
of the commission however say the plot by the management to disengage them was
to pave way to employ their friends and family members into their positions.
The letter of termination,
however, instructed staff to reapply for the same job if they so wish.
“We want the world to see
how we are been ill-treated just because we asked for our salaries. This is so
unfair and an injustice to democratic rule,” a displaced staff of the
commission was quoted as saying in the report.
The aggrieved staff also
called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the federal government to look into
the matter.
Meanwhile, a former
secretary of state for international development in the United Kingdom, Priti
Patel, has warned foreign investors to be wary about investing in Nigeria.
Patel in an opinion piece,
stated specifically that the Nigerian government has disrespect for
international law and convention, and court decisions.
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