Nigeria: Non-Payment of Salary - Nine Kogi Workers Die

Nine out of the 142 staff placed on compulsory leave without pay since 2011 by the Kogi State Transport Company have lost their lives under hunger-related circumstances.

Two of the deceased's' colleagues- Mr Ndakwo Mohammed and Mr Anate Audu- who disclosed this in a statement circulated among media houses in Lokoja on Sunday, said that a number of their colleagues were also in life-threatening situations .

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