NERFUND staff protest neglect by mgt

From Isaac Anumihe, Abuja

STAFF of the National Eco­nomic Reconstruction Fund (NERFUND) yesterday, in Abuja, protested their neglect by their employ­ers, accusing the Chief Ex­ecutive Officer, Mahmoud Kollere, and their Executive Director, Ihua Elenwon, of ineptitude.

The distressed workers hit the road as early as 7am, clutching posters with vari­ous inscriptions that read, “Change must come to NER­FUND”; “PMB, we are suf­fering”; “Kollere must go”; PMB please address ongoing stagnation at NERFUND”. They accused the manage­ment of the agency led by Mahmoud Kollere of gross ineptitude and incompe­tence to bring the agency out of the woods.

Yusuf Mohammed, who is a management staff in the organisation, explained that although the protest was or­ganised by the junior staff, the management staff joined in the struggle to give impe­tus to their cause.