Posted by The Kano State Refuse Management and Sanitation Board, REMASAB, has denied that the hundreds of people who went on strike for a 10-month salary arrears are actually employees of the company.
The Managing Director of the Board, Amadu Haruna Zago, responded to the Streets Sweepers’ objections by saying that the individuals claiming unpaid salary were not included in the board’s official records.
We don’t know these people and we don’t have any record of them, so they’re basically foreigners to us when it comes to the so-called unpaid salary protests.
“Upon arrival nearly seven months ago, we diligently examined the actual workforce counts. Following our verification exercise, we determined that approximately 1,082 individuals are actually employed by the company.”
Before the verification, the board made sure that the supervisors and auditors had recognized every worker from their allocated streets. After the verification, the workers were paid four months in arrears, according to the managing director.
Despite the board’s current lack of conflict, he pointed up that 90% of the staff are on the books, although on an as-needed basis, and have received their paychecks for the months of June, July, August, and September.
Nevertheless, according to Danzago, the Board was prepared to compensate anyone who presented themselves as a legitimate employee following verification.
On Tuesday, a contingent of the Streets Sweepers manifested at the REMASAB headquarters to demand payment of their salaries from Ahmad Danzago, the managing director of the board.