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Momodou
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 Posted - 16 Oct 2007 : 22:11:44
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Basse Area Council Staff Without Salaries For 3 Months
By Lamin Fatty
A group of angry staff said to be working for the Basse Area Council expressed their frustration and disappointment over the decision by the Council Authorities not to pay their salaries after almost 3 months. According to sources, this is the third month that the staff of the said Institution is without salaries.
When contacted the Chairman of the Basse Area Council, Alagie Kanimang Sanneh, denied the claim that a civil servant withhold the money or the salaries, and said the staff will not be paid in his absent. According to him, this is a very critical period affecting most of the councils including Basse Area Council. He said this is a period that they called “limp period” when council run into bankruptcy. According to him, “you cannot ask a cattle owner to pay his tax when he/she is faced with problems of how to feed his/her family.” He said it is not true that for almost 3 months, council staff are without salaries; that the staff receive their salaries. He said the council is doing everything possible to make sure that the staff receives their salaries by the end of the month. He pointed out that the conditions of the council staff is one of the most important priorities of the council’s Authorities.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 121/2007, Tuesday 16 October 2007
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