……laments non payment of 7 months Salary
By Toyin Saheed
Business activities were paralysed this morning at the Kwara Hotel Ilorin as the staff locked the entrance of the hotel over unpaid seven months salaries and over 18 months service charges.
The staff, who trooped out in large numbers during the protest alleged that the management of Harmony Holding under the leadership of Abdulmajeed Abdullahi and the state government are of mismanagement, saying only 40 rooms are sellable out of the over 170 rooms available in the hotel.
Speaking in an interview with Sobi FM Correspondent Toyin Saheed, the Human Resource Manager, Salami Moshood said they have nothing against the state government but the staff are hungry and they are desire for immediate solution to their problems.
According to him “The way and manner this hotel is being run is as if it’s set up to fail, we are wondering is this an attempt by harmony holdings and state to ground this place.
“Even if that’s what they want we can’t stop then but all terminal benefits of workers should be paid, this place is due for rehabilitation it’s long over due. We are suffering, we can’t even afford to take our children to school as this new session have started”, he said.
Also speaking, the Chairman of National Unions of Hotels and Personal Service Workers, Kwara chapter, Mohammed Ibrahim complained that the hotel is in bad conditions with less than 30 rooms working out of 172 rooms.
“The management is owing us 7 months salary arrears , about 18 months service charge, the situation on ground is very bad that it can’t be run successfully without external intervention.
“We have just 30 rooms working out if the about 172 rooms available in the facility. We met with the governor and he said he will do something, but till now we have not seen anything,” he said.
The staff, who explained that all efforts made to resolve the issues proved abortive however called on the Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq to quickly attend to their needs.
