Abuja, December 29: A total of 117 Indian workers at Delta Steel Company PLC in Nigeria say they have not been paid by their employer for nearly a year and forced to live like destitutes.
The workers have approached the Indian High Commission at Abuja and Ministry of Indian Overseas Affairs and other concerned agencies in India.
“We are entitled for monthly salary, living allowance, leave travel allowance and other medical and educational expenses,” a spokesman for the workers Dinesh Yadav said. He alleged that the workers are being kept in the country like bonded labourers without any living allowance and salary for last 11 months.
According to the workers, they have no transport facility, proper food, electricity, security or medical cover. They said they were recruited by Global Steel Holding from India and posted to Nigeria’s southern state of Warri to work for the steel company in 2005. “We are entitled for monthly salary, living allowance, leave travel allowance and other medical and educational expenses,” a spokesman for the workers Dinesh Yadav said. He alleged that the workers are being kept in the country like bonded labourers without any living allowance and salary for last 11 months. According to the workers, they have no transport facility, proper food, electricity, security or medical cover. They said they were recruited by Global Steel Holding from India and posted to Nigeria’s southern state of Warri to work for the steel company in 2005.
The workers have approached the Indian High Commission at Abuja and Ministry of Indian Overseas Affairs and other concerned agencies in India.
“We are entitled for monthly salary, living allowance, leave travel allowance and other medical and educational expenses,” a spokesman for the workers Dinesh Yadav said. He alleged that the workers are being kept in the country like bonded labourers without any living allowance and salary for last 11 months.
According to the workers, they have no transport facility, proper food, electricity, security or medical cover. They said they were recruited by Global Steel Holding from India and posted to Nigeria’s southern state of Warri to work for the steel company in 2005. “We are entitled for monthly salary, living allowance, leave travel allowance and other medical and educational expenses,” a spokesman for the workers Dinesh Yadav said. He alleged that the workers are being kept in the country like bonded labourers without any living allowance and salary for last 11 months. According to the workers, they have no transport facility, proper food, electricity, security or medical cover. They said they were recruited by Global Steel Holding from India and posted to Nigeria’s southern state of Warri to work for the steel company in 2005.