A MUST READ:HOW NDUKA OBIAGBENNA & OTHERS ENSLAVE THEIR STAFF

Our elder says, ‘charity begins at home’. However, nowadays, charity begins from foreign land! Imagine, the suffering meted out to staff of various national daily newspapers by their managements over nonpayment of salaries ranging between six to one year!!!

According to vibrant award winning journalist, Azuka Jebose, he wrote : ‘’Some mainstream Nigerian national daily newspapers, owe their editorial staff almost one year salaries. On Tuesday afternoon, staff of Nigeria's flamboyant national daily newspaper, THISDAY, began to picket the organization, vowing not to return to work until management pays the workers eight months of unpaid wages.

 Nduka Obaigbenna is the publisher of ThisDay Newspaper. He is very powerful within Nigeria's political establishment and widely connected internationally. Obaigbenna while owing staff salaries lavishly organized various international seminars, presentations, fashion and music shows: world leaders from Bill Clinton to Tony Blair and Condoleezza Rice have guested in Obaigbenna's Arise/Thisday events.

These world leaders appearance fees are heavy price tags. Obaigbenna must make full payments in foreign exchange and upfront, to book these leaders' appearances for his events. These were done at the expense of paying his staff salaries, thus punishing journalists and their families. Nduka Obaigbenna has a record of not paying regular salaries: this record dates as far back as mid 80s, during THIS WEEK MAGAZINE days. Sadly journalists affected by his inhuman abuse were scared or afraid of confronting their employer because of fear of intimidation from such a powerful man in our dear Nigeria.

 Tuesday, a new generation of reporters took a stand against Nduka Obaigbenna and began a sit down strike against ThisDay Newspaper org. Sadly, the Nigerian media are mute with regards to reporting this strike because they fear Nduka's powerful wrath against their media houses. Few hours ago, Obaigbenna paid staff three months arrears( he had allegedly made differential or selective payments to some staff in the past), This day staff returned to work.

National Daily Mirror newspaper owned by business man Braimoh Jimoh, allegedly owe its staff six months of unpaid. salaries. Daily Independent Newspaper, owned by former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, hasn't paid it's staff in 15 months. These are the harsh circumstances the Nigerian journalist/reporter is subjected to everyday by these employers: daily frustrations and humiliation. Please Arise for the brave ThisDay Newspaper journalists fighting to be paid their owed eight months salaries. Help share this and let it go viral. They have families just like you and I. Every hard working person deserves his or her earned wages’’.