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Ad-hoc staff of the National Population Commission, NPC, who participated in the recent population trial census in Nasarawa State, yesterday protested the non payment of their allowances three months after the exercise.
They appealed to the chairman of the commission to intervene to ensure immediate payment of their allowances.
The ad-hoc staff, who are mostly youths, mobilised themselves at different locations in Keffi, Akwanga and Doma local government areas, displaying placards with statements such as ‘NPC You have Failed Us!’, ‘NPC Please Pay Us Our Allowances. We Worked for it,’ ‘NPC You have rendered Us Bankrupt!’
The NPC nationwide trial census which took place between 13th and 30th July 2022, was conducted by over 4000 field functionaries engaged as ad-hoc staff.
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However, over three months after the exercise which was conducted in Karu LGA of the state, some of the ad-hoc staff who participated in the trial census said they had not been paid their allowances.
Speaking to our correspondent, Spokesperson for the group in Keffi zone, Mr John Adigidzi, who said he served as enumerator during the trial census, stated that most of their colleagues were paid immediately after the exercise and wondered why the NPC had not paid them over three months after.
Another enumerator from Akwanga Local Government Area, Miss Fatima Abdullahi explained that considering the sacrifices and hardships they faced throughout the trial census, they expected the NPC to reciprocate their efforts by paying them their entitlements, not otherwise.
She said, “I had a leg injury during the training for the trial census and I have been in pain since we finished the work. I borrowed money to feed and transport myself throughout the census trial period but NPC has refused to pay my training and field allowances. My creditors are not happy with me.”
Also, a supervisor during the exercise, Mr Yahaya Ayinaka, who was seen mobilising his colleagues at the Doma Local Government secretariat, called on the National Population Commission, NPC, to carry out thorough investigations into all financial transactions during the trial census.