Kwara United players, officials protest unpaid salaries

Date: 2019-05-21

Players and officials of Nigeria Professional Football League side, Kwara United, on Monday in Ilorin staged a protest over unpaid salaries to the state's Ministry of Finance.

The players and officials, clad in their club's official kits, carried placards with different inscriptions demanding for millions of naira in unpaid sign-on fees and salaries.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the protesters barricaded the entrance into the Ministry of Finance, denying workers access to their office as at 11:45am.

The captain of the club, Akeem Onigbari, told NAN that they were protesting because of the backlog of sign-on fees and salaries.

He insisted that the protest would continue until their demands were met.

"They owe us backlog of sign-on fees, five to six years, our salaries have not been paid for the months of March, April and May.

"We have been here since 7:00am (on Monday) and this protest would continue until they answer our prayers.

"No one has been here to talk to us on our demands, so we are here," Onigbari said.

NAN reports that the team's administrative staff had refused to report for work on Monday as they also joined the protest and were seen at the ministry while armed policemen were sighted keeping vigil.

When NAN contacted the chairman of the club, Oladimeji Thompson, he said he was aware that the players and officials had staged a protest.

He, however, declined comments on the issue.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Wole Oke     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Okoolowo     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Dauda Adesola     Pius Abioje     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Ahman Patigi     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Bursary     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Durosinlohun Atiku     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Clara Nwachukwu     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Akorede     Titus Ashaolu     Overland     Yakub Ali-Agan     Gbenga Olawepo     Alore     Jimoh Bashir     Oke-Kura     Omu-aran     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Oke-Ode     Suleiman Mora Omar     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Ali Ahmad     Adedipe     Ijagbo     Sherif Sagaya     Ajeigbe     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Busari Alabi Alausa     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Odo-Owa     John Dara     Adedeji Onimago     Maryam Ado Bayero     ITEM 7     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Ajase-Ipo     Yusuf Aiyedun     Michael Nzwekwe     Makama Of Ilorin     Playing Host     Ilofa     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Ibrahim Bio     Akanji     Saliu Oluwole     Millennium Development Goals     Modibbo Kawu     Egbewole     Joseph Bamigboye     Donatus Ejidike     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Isiaka Oniwa     Bayo Ojo     Ganmo     Mohammed Abdulahi     Adesoye College     Abubakar Usman Jos     Saduki Lafiagi     Yahaya Seriki     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Sabo-Oke     Kwara North     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Funmilayo Oniwa     Ayobami Seriki    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Egbejila     Justina Oha     SSUCOEN     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Saad Belgore     George Funsho Adebayo     Simeon Sayomi     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Omu Aran     Kale Kawu     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Musa Alhassan Buge     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Eghe Igbinehin     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Ibrahim Abiodun     Amule Elementary School     Tayo Alao     Isiaka Danmeromu     Owu Fall     Minister     Saheed Alakoso     Orisa Bridge     Forgo Battery     Oniwa     Wasiu Odewale     Risikat Lawal     Oke Sunna     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Ronke Adeyemi     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Alfa Yahaya Road     Umar Saro     Yekeen Alabi     Iyaloja-General     Tuesday Assayomo     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Baruba     Doyin Agbamu     Oloriegbe     YAKOOYO     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Idris Amosa Saidu     Akorede     Emmanuel Bello     Barakat Community Secondary School     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     John Kehinde Salako     Ilorin East     Jelili Yusuf     AbdulRauf Keji     Kazeem Gbolagade     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Eruku     Amuda Bembe     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Amada Jidda     Salihu Ajia     Folaranmi Aro     Olugbense     Kale Bayero     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Cornelius Adebayo     Simon Sayomi     Yomi Ogunsola     Akanji     Raimi Iyanda     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Rafiu Ibrahim     Muhammed Danjuma     Yakubu Dogara     Students Union Government     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Riskat Opakunle