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.

ASUU     Moshood Bakare     Abdulrauf Yusuf     IHS Towers     Kwasu     Monsurat Omotosho     Olushola Saraki     Ramadan     Adekunle David Dunmade     Taiwo Joseph     N-Power     Oniwasi Agbaye     Nigeria Computer Society     Shade Omoniyi     Egbewole     Shoprite     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Kwabes     Oko     Unicontinental Construction Company     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Jimoh Bashir     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Eleja     Mujtabah Bature     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Law School Scholarship     Kwara South     CCT     Bankole Omishore     Wasiu Odewale     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Abubakar Atiku     JAAC     Oloyede     Saad Omo Iya     Kazeem Gbolagade     Saliu Oluwole     Kumbi Titilope     Olaiya Lawal     Alabe     Abubakar Imam     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     AbdulRahman Saad     LEAH Charity Foundation     Lateef Alagbonsi     Yusuf Arowosaye     Suleiman Ajadi     Oke-Ode     High Court     Saka Saadu     Kayode Yusuf     Aiyedun     Okin Malt     Durosinlohun Kawu     Halidu Danbaba     Mohammed Ibrahim     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Adeleke Ogungbe     Ifelodun     Abdulraheem Olesin     Shuaibu Yaman     Abdullahi Samari     Oyelere Oyinloye     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Sheikh Ariyibi     Bibire Ajape     Owo Isowo     JUSUN     Apaola     NURTW     Twitter     Plat Technologies     Odolaye Aremu     Aminu Ado Bayero     Kwara State Governor    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

LEAH Charity Foundation     Arca Santa     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Ubandawaki     Ajibike Katibi     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Anilelerin     Kazeem Oladepo     Toyosi Thomas     Ramadhan     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Radio Kwara     Naira Redesign     Salihu S. Yaru     Mary Kemi Adeosun     CKNG     NIPOGA     Kwara State Football Association     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Oke-Ode     08001000100     Ajike People Support Centre     Omu Aran     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Asa     Alapado     Balogun Ajikobi     Bolaji Aladie     Umar Ayinla Saro     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Joseph Daudu     ASMAU PLAZA     Peter Obi     Hassanat Bello     Tunde Akanbi     Offa Metropolitan Club     Kwara State Governor     Offorjama     Garment Factory     NAWOJ     Ariyo     Aisha Buhari     Agor     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Balogin Alanamu     Ishaq Oloyede     Abatemi-Usman     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Baakini     Shola Odetundun     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Musa Aibinu     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi     Arinola Lawal     Okeose Christian Cementary     Ayekale     Lanre Badmas     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Mogaji Aare     Playing Host     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     ITEM 7     Titus Ashaolu     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Harafat E. Mukadam     Obayomi Azeez     Gamji Members Association     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla