The retrenched staff of Ecobank have condemned the injustice act of Ecobank management, pleaded with the management to pay them their due wages.
Following the forceful retrenchment of over 2000thousand workers by the management of Ecobank the retrenched worker's in collaboration with Nigerian Labour Congress, National Union of Banks and Financial Institutions Employees, Trade Union Congress, Nigeria Union of Road Transport Worker's(NURTW) demonstrated a peaceful protest yesterday in their Lagos headquater's to express their ordeal.
Speaking with Leadership correspondent, Oyinlola Awonuga, one of the retrenched staff with an undisclosed identity said, "the present Managing Director of this bank, Patrick Akinwuntan has scammed us by laying us off and paying us 120thousand after 20 years of working with this organization.With bitterness, annoyance and all humility, we the retreched staff of Ecobank totally disagree with this".
The Chairman Nigerian Labour Congress, Comrade Agnes Sessi said, "we are here to reach out our protest against the injustice act of Ecobank because if you are laying off workers you have to consult members of the Nigeria Labour according to the law.
President of National Union of Banks Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees, Comrade Anthony, speaking with Leadership said, "Ecobank wants to enslave worker's who are our members, the era of enslaving people is gone and gone forever, they should have consulted the union and tell them the reason they want to lay off if the management deem it fit, they should have sat down and negotiate.
"Ecobank wants to take laws into their hands.
"Ecobank wants to take laws into their hands.
He added that these staff are people who have worked for Ecobank, their rights must be given to them which is the main reason we are.
Leadership correspondent gathered from the scene that, the Managing Director of Ecobank, Mr Patrick Akinwuntan is out of the country to Lome and all efforts by Ecobank staff to address the laid-off workers and the Labour Union present, proved abortive as they insisted on seeing the Managing Director for further address.
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