About 467 ad hoc staff of the National Population Commission (NPC) in Bauchi have taken to the streets to protest the non-payment of their allowances.

On Tuesday, the protest was carried out on Wunti Street in the Bauchi metropolis.

The ad hoc workers carried placards with inscriptions such as “No pay, no work” and “We demand our allowances from NPC office.”

While addressing the NPC director and staff in Bauchi, the spokesman for the ad hoc workers, Abbas Adamu, said, “We have done our job but have yet to receive our due allowances. On behalf of the ad hoc NPC 2023 census staff who participated as special workforce and facilitators for the upcoming 2023 census exercise.”

Mr Adamu added, “We are here to inform the Commission that we in the attached list have not received our training allowances which were conducted at Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic and Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, centres from Jan. 23 to Feb. 5 for Special work force and facilitators respectively.”

According to him, several appeals were made to the state office of the NPC to pay for the ad hoc staff.

“We protest and present a letter to the office to demand payment of our allowances within seven days from the date of the receipt of this letter,” he said.

NPC director in Bauchi, Hudu Baballe, commended the ad hoc staff for protesting in a non-violent manner.

“I have listened to all your grievances and complaints, and they are all noted. I have gotten the letter which would be forwarded to the Commissioner and the National Headquarters in Abuja,” said Mr Baballe.

He urged the aggrieved ad hoc staff to remain calm as the commission would do everything possible to look into their plight. 

(NAN)