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FRCN Protest Poor Welfare and Obsolete Equipment

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The Staff of the Enugu State’s Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) embarked on a peaceful to asking for the upgrade of its facilities and more attention to their welfare.

Three in house union, including the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Radio and Television and Theatre Arts Workers’ Union (RATTAWU) and the Senior Staff Association in the corporation organised the protest all over the states of the federation.

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Armed with placards with inscriptions such as “Increase our Salary,” “Stop 25 per cent Remittance,” “Replace Obsolete Equipment” among other, the protester wore black attires.

The  Chairman of RATTAWU FRCN, Enugu Chapter, Comrade Chris Agu, called on the federal government to intervene in the challenges of the corporation and its staff, which include poor renumeration and obsolete equipment.

“We are asking the Government of the Federation to please remove FRCN from 25 per cent IGR (Internally Generated Revenue); we are not 100 per cent profit making organisation.

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“If they can exempt us from paying this, we can be useful to ourselves but here again, the salary is not quite reasonable; we need a better salary,” he said.

Anyalebechi appealed for quick intervention in addressing the 15 Point Communiqué issued by the house unions during their meeting in May in Ilorin, Kwara State.

“Some of these equipment have lasted for up to 60 years, we are still using them here and they are causing us a lot of trouble, that is why we are off and on, times without number.

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“We are asking the government to replace these obsolete equipment with digital ones, it will help us.

“If the Federal Government does not come to our rescue or handles some of the demands as we highlighted them, we will go on total strike,” Anyalebechi threatened.

Mr. Ike Okere, the Zonal Director FRCN, Enugu National Station, while speaking to the staff of the corporation, applauded them for the peaceful manner they conducted themselves.

Okere stated that the 15 Point Communiqué is being worked on by the management of the Corporation to ensure its implementation, he, however added that the management would call the attention of the government to some of the demands that are beyond it.

The workers later resumed work after the protest, urging the leadership of the in-house unions not to back down on the demands.