How Management Committee Chairman Of Kanam Jumped The Window To Escape Wrath Of Workers Over Non-Payment Of 5 Months Salaries

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Yakubu Busari

The management committee Chairman of Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau State, Hon. Hashimu Saleh Salihu jumped through the window and abandoned his office in order to escape the anger of aggrieved local Government workers.

The on the run Chairman was accused of buying a car worth N33 million for himself, while workers are languishing, even as they aggrieved workers added that the Local Government Secretariat is not fit to work in.

Universalreporters247.com also learnt that the chairman defied and absconded from the directives of the State House of Assembly Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs for the inspection of the council secretariat, as gathered the chairman defied the order for fear of molestation when he sighted Local Government staffs heading toward the LG secretariat.

The council chairman had shortly after accompanying the house committee led by its chairman Hon. Ibrahim Baba Hassan, to an oversight function of some projects along Jarmai road and he told the committee and members of the press, that there is no need of going to the secretariat.

Hon.Salihu while fielding questions from newsmen along the road side said, “I will not go into the Secretariat, because from here I am going to Jos.”

However, a mild drama unfolded when the chairman who was leading the convoy immediately the house committee made a U-turn and entered the council secretariat even without the presence of the council chairman.

Our correspondent report that soon on arrival at the secretariat some of the staff of the local government council, that spoke on anonymity, said the Hon. Salihu has been absent always ; “for getting to a two months  and he has been squandering the council’s funds without any tangible work.”

The workers alleged that they are willing to work but the; “nonchalant attitude of the chairman is what have been making us not to work.”

“The offices have no furniture, no materials to work, the chairman hardly comes to the office, in fact the entire problem is from both the management committee and the council directors,” an anonymous worker said.

According to him, “if the APC led administration of the state will field the chairman in the forty-coming Local government election as its candidate then, the party will definitely loose “.

It was further gathered some few weeks ago the workers have locked up the chairman in his office, a senior staff in the council’s department of social services have also confirmed to the house committee that both the chairman and the council’s directors have not been; “coming to work except only the director of works.”

The workers alleged that the chairman has not performed well during his more than year tenure in office.

The Chairman of the house committee Hon. Hassan frowned at the attitude of the council chairman, saying government will not continue to condone such.

However, having met Hon. Salihu in Jos he said while also responding to the some of the allegations that; “there are some staff that are not happy with me, because they said we have to pay them, the salary of no-work, no-pay of the past administration’s policy.”

The house committee also stormed the secretariat of Kanke Local Government Council, where the committee chairman expressed satisfaction with the council chairman, management committee, directors and other workers presence.

All effort to get the response of the management committee chairman of Kanam proved abortive ,he didn’t answer his calls.

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