A baffling incident has happened in Bayelsa state as a Radio General manager used a cane to flog some of his staff in public.
The General Manager, John Idumange flogged the staffers with cane
The industrial dispute at Radio Bayelsa, christened Glory FM took a
twist on Thursday when the General Manager flogged four staffers on
duty.
The Radio Bayelsa Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists(NUJ) and
Radio Television and Theatre Arts Workers Unions (RATTAWU) consequently
shut the radio station. Some reports had said the staffers were whipped
by suspected thugs.
Mr Tonye Yemoleigha, NUJ Chairman in Radio Bayelsa told News Agency
of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Yenagoa that he and three female staff
were caned by the General Manager of the Station, Mr John Idumange.
“Four of us, myself and three female staff were flogged by
Idumange himself. The report that it was thugs is inaccurate. It was the
General Manager himself. The blisters on the skin are more severe for
the ladies.
“We have reported the matter to the Ekeki Police Division and
sought medical attention at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa. Workers
have been constantly intimidated and threatened for no just cause.
Mr Idumange declined to comment on the allegation that he caned the four members of staff.
Yemoleigha, NUJ Chairman said: “Mr John Angese, Bayelsa Council
Chairman of NUJ who is a staff of Radio Bayelsa has also been
threatened with a sack, we are all being victimised for insisting that
the General Manager complies with Public Service rules.
“We have been under siege since the General Manager was
appointed on December 6, 2016. We are not opposed to repositioning the
station which is in our interest but we want the procedure to follow due
process,” Yemoleigha said.
NAN reports that after the station went off air, the management
mobilised armed security men and few employees who rebuffed the strike
to reopen the station.
NAN also reports that the station continued to play music all
through as the station’s scheduled programmes and news bulletin could
not be aired.
Yemoleigha said that workers of the station are not opposed to staff redeployment.
“But the unions should also be part of the process to ensure
that the best hands are not sacrificed on the altar of nepotism,
sentiment or witchhunt.
“We are also aware of the alleged over N5 million naira payroll
fraud which Idumange claimed to have uncovered and has referred to the
Police for investigation.
“Ordinarily, in line with established procedures, an
Investigative Panel should have been instituted to look into the matter
and come up with a report with which management would act as
appropriate.
“All these are expressly spelt out in the Public Service Rules;
however, we are requesting for a copy of the police report after their
investigation.
“We have asked management to properly discipline everyone
involved in an established case of running the salary of a staff who
resigned with effect from August 2016,” Yemoleigha said
Idumange dismissed the allegations levelled against him. He said
that the unions were being used to sabotage his efforts at
re-positioning the station which was in a deplorable state before his
appointment.
He refused to speak on the allegations that he flogged staffers of the station.
He told NAN that there was no going back on his reform efforts as
they have received the blessings of the supervising Bayelsa Ministry of
Information.
“This small radio station has 346 workers; employment and job
placement have never followed due process, we are currently reorganising
the place and they are resisting our efforts.
“Those ghost workers must be fished out and the payroll cleaned up.
“The wage bill of the station is N35 million monthly and it is not sustainable. My predecessor incurred a debt of N40 million.
“The unions are being instigated by the Heads of Department
affected in the illegal recruitment, and those who came into that place
through the back door’’, he said.
-NAN
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