{"id":96647,"date":"2022-07-05T21:04:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T20:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=96647"},"modified":"2022-07-05T21:04:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T20:04:15","slug":"abia-inec-staff-lock-up-rec-over-unpaid-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abia-inec-staff-lock-up-rec-over-unpaid-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Abia: INEC staff lock up REC over unpaid benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1737541322818847239\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">There was confusion at the Abia state office of the Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) as staff of the commission locked up the\u00a0 Resident Electoral Commissioner, (REC) in charge of the state, Dr. Joseph Iloh over unpaid benefits owed the staff.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The staff were irked that Iloh would soon proceed on retirement leave without paying the allowances owed them.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The angry workers blocked the entrance gate located beside the State branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) with their welfare bus while the security men stood watching.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">They insisted that Ilo would not leave office until he settles the outstanding benefits owed them.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Pointblanknews.com gathered that the workers are still being owed the allowances due them from the just concluded primaries of various political parties for the 2023 general elections.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Attempts to get Iloh&#8217;s\u00a0 reaction was unsuccessful as mobile his mobile number rang without response.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Contacted, the commission&#8217;s officer in charge of Public Affairs in the state,\u00a0 Bamidele Oyetunji, described the development as an internal crisis which had since been sorted out.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was confusion at the Abia state office of the Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) as staff of the commission locked up the\u00a0 Resident Electoral Commissioner, (REC) in charge of&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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