CHINESE COMPANY IN
NIGERIA FACE MURDER RAP
A Chinese owned company in Nigeria, the Linda
Manufacturing Company otherwise called
Expressions by admirers and foes alike is now in deep trouble.
About a week ago, a casual worker on the books of the
company by name, Mr Wisdom Atukpor complained bitterly to his supervisor of
suffering from a severe stomach ache that needed him to go home for urgent
treatment but unfortunately this was
denied ,hours later he was found dead in a drainage canal opposite the firms
plant at Number 48 Iju Road, Agege, Lagos, Nigeria
When Paedia Express Multimedia was informed about what
looked like culpable homicide superficially ,we swung into action and when we
got to the scene of the crime ,at least by bird’s eye view about 80 workers of
the company were seen standing in front of there compound looking worried a
week after the incident.
They were united in informing this reporter that they were
surprised that despite the order from the state government ordering the closure
of the outfit till investigations into the death of the worker and some of
there complains are looked into the
company was still in production as at press time.
They accused some of there colleagues of betraying there
trust by working because of there love
money when they were protesting inhumane treatments which has led to the death
of one of there colleagues.
A security officer from the anti –riot unit of the Nigerian Police
told this reporter that it was untrue that the firm was still in production as
it was shut 24 hours before by the Lagos state government
Workers stated in a letter to Governor Babatunde Raji
Fashola of Lagos to do something urgently about there plight as they were been
molested and treated as slaves by Chinese officials in their own land.
They said:“27 point, this could be referred to as one of the
stringent measures used by the management to compel workers to come to work
even if they are under ill health ‘they delay salaries for no good reasons, poor
medical facilities ,indiscriminate termination of employment ,poor working
conditions, unrealistic target set up for all including pregnant women”
The statement ended with the workers appealing to the
Governor of the state to use his good
position to prevail on then Board and management of the company on the need to
urgently respond to these set of issues now tearing the company apart.
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