LAWMA STAFF STORM LAGOS ASSEMBLY TO PROTEST NON- PAYMENT OF 5 MONTHS SALARIES.

Scores of highway sweepers under the Lagos State Waste Management Authority on Monday stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly protesting non-payment of their salary arrears by the state government. The sweepers were protesting the non-payment of five months salary by the authority. They carried placards with various inscriptions such as “We deserve to be paid for our toiling”; “Life is now difficult, save us from poverty”; “Help us, we have suffered much,” among others. The sweepers urged the state lawmakers to intervene in order to alleviate the economic hardship they were experiencing. They said the refusal of LAWMA to pay their salaries for five months consecutively, has made life unbearable for them. “Since we were transferred from MOE to LAWMA, the latter has been responsible for payment of our salaries until recently when they refused to pay us. “LAWMA has been paying its own workers but has neglected us,’’ she said. “We are also expecting Ileya festival (Eid-Ul-Kabir); how do they expect us to take care of ourselves and family members?’’ he queried.