Linus Oota, Lafia
The disengaged staff of the defunct Nasarawa Investment and Property Development Company (NIPDC) has petitioned the state House of Assembly demanding the payment of their entitlements from the state government.
The staff through their leader Mr. Rabo Musa signed the petition which was submitted to the Assembly Committee on Public Complaints, Petition, and Security Wednesday in Lafia.
The staff said that payment of their entitlements would improve on their standard of living.
The petition which reads in part “In October 2016, the then Government was misled and took the decision of liquidating Nasarawa Investment and Property Development Company Limited.
“This led to the sudden winding up of the company’s activities that eventually came to a halt in 2017.
“Letters of disengagement were issued to staff on 10th August 2017 and 16th November 2017 for other staff and management staff respectively with a retrospective effective date of their disengagement being November, 16th 2016.
“Our prayer is for you to intervene in the payment of our outstanding entitlements totaling N271, 061, 455.15,” he said.
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The disengaged staff also told the committee that the then Acting Managing Director, Mr. Ayuba Ayenajeh, who was also appointed as the Liquidator of the company unilaterally reviewed downward the salaries of the entire staff by 45 percent without the approval of neither the board of directors nor the parent ministry.
The disengaged staff urged the committee to review the entire liquidation process of the defunct company in order to ascertain the current status of its assets which is worth about N6billion.
“This has become very necessary, especially now that the present Government under governor Abdullahi Sule has magnanimously sent a bill to the house, seeking legal backing to set up a state Investment Development Agency, “the petition reads.
But when contacted, the Liquidator of the company, Ayuba Ayenajeh said that he was ready to give the committee adequate information on the liquidation of the company any time the committee invited him.
He said that he has the integrity to protect and would not shortchange anybody while discharging his duties.
Responding, Hon Danladi Jatau (PDP-Kokona West), the Chairman of the committee assured the disengaged staff of fairness and justice in their grievances.
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