The state health agency secured the services of the ad-hoc staff in August 2022 and promised to pay them N22,500 every two weeks for a three-month period they agreed to work with the agency to vaccinate state residents for the Coronavirus pandemic.
PRISTINEGIST has learned that more than 1000 ad-hoc employees who worked for the COVID-19 vaccination teams at the Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency have not yet received their over N22 million allowance.
In August 2022, the state health department hired the ad-hoc personnel and agreed to pay them N22,500 every two weeks for a three-month term in exchange for their cooperation in immunizing state people against the coronavirus pandemic.
According to information obtained by our reporter, the employees worked for at least six weeks between August 7 and October 30, 2022, before the company ordered them to cease.
Some of them admitted to our reporters in informal interviews that the Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency only paid them for two of the six weeks they worked and that all attempts to get the appropriate parties to pay them were fruitless.
“There are thousands of us. We began the work on August 7 and were told that we would be paid 22,500 nairas every two weeks for the next three months. However, they only paid us for the first two weeks, and we finished the project by the end of October, according to one of the workers.
According to mathematical calculations, each of the thousands of ad-hoc employees was due at least N22,500 in pay for two-week employment, which is equal to almost N22 million.
Speaking further about how this circumstance has impacted his personal life, he added, “I used to borrow money for transportation fees, and now I can’t pay since I have numerous debts. That has produced many challenges and problems for me.
“I am a pregnant woman, and after the baby is here, I’ll be walking in the sun to help us reach our goals. We are begging them to reimburse us for all of my outstanding debt,” he stated.
Another employee described how the unpaid allowances had left him bankrupt.
After finishing his program, he claimed, “The money as I have intended would have assisted me to a bigger extent, but then, I was compelled to loan money from LAPO which they are currently taking, and all the electronics I used as collateral.”
Another employee, who went by the name Aduagba, added, “I have budgeted the money to start my shop because I feel that if they pay us the way they say they will be paying us for 3 months I will establish a Small scale company on it.
