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Nigerian embassy staff in Washington begin strike over 5-month unpaid salaries

Nigerian embassy staff in Washington begin strike over 5-month unpaid salaries
Nigerian embassy staff in Washington begin strike over 5-month unpaid salaries
The protesting workers have reportedly threatened to report the Nigerian government to the US Labour Department.
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The staff of the Nigerian embassy in Washington DC,

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According to a US-based online news medium, Per Second News, the workers, who are between 50 and 100, commenced strike on Tuesday, May 2.

It was learnt that the workers are owed five-month salary arrears, and that their working conditions are unfavourable.

The report also said that the Nigerian flag in front of the building was tattered.

"We are being owed for the past five months," one of the aggrieved workers was quoted as saying.

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