Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has reportedly sacked members of staff of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
This was contained in a letter issued to the workers by its Head of Human Resources, Administration and Procurement, Olanike Ogunleye.
Ogunleye said the organisation was overwhelmed by the adverse effects of the Coronavirus pandemic and had found it hard to sustain its workforce.
The letter reads in part, “As you are aware, the current COVID-19 pandemic has had a toll on all our business significantly. This has resulted in making some difficult business decisions.
“Due to this situation, we regret to inform you that your employment will be put on hold until further notice.
“You are to hand over all company properties in your possession to the human resource department; who shall do a confirmation of the exit clearance process before your final entitlements (if any) would be paid.”
Before laying the workers off on Friday, the establishment had been allegedly owing several months of salaries.
A worker, who spoke on condition of anonymity said, “They have been owing salaries since last year. They will pay one and it’s going to be after 3-4 months that they will pay another one.
“We have workers collecting less than N30,000 and they refer to those collecting N50, 000 as senior staff; and they are still owing.
“This year, they have paid just January salary and half of April salary; which was paid on the 20th of April.”
Meanwhile, former Presidents of Nigeria; Olusegun Obasanjo, and Dr. Goodluck Jonathan have joined thirteen other former African leaders in throwing their weights behind the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB).
This follows a call for private investigations into his running of AfDB.
In a press statement made available to newsmen by the media aide to Obasanjo; the past leaders extolled the works of the AfDB President – Akinwunmi Adesina and called for caution; with regards to the allegations leveled against him.
The elder-statesmen while affirming the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, said the continent is facing an unprecedented challenge; stressing that at this time, all hands must be on deck to tackle the common foe.
