Olubiyi Odunaro, a 53-year-old former employee of
Hallmark Bank Plc., has embarked on hunger strike to protest against
non-payment of his terminal benefit.
Besides, the ex-banker has turned a garden on
Mobolaji Bank-Anthony Way into his new home, vowing to remain there
until he is paid his benefits.
Hallmark Bank was one of the banks which did not meet
the Central Bank of Nigeria’s recapilatisation policy in 2005 resulting
in its folding up.
Odunaro, a senior manager of the defunct bank, said he began the hunger strike on November 12.
Odunaro said he wrote President Goodluck Jonathan on
October 24 informing him of his decision to embark on the hunger strike
if the agencies concerned did not pay them their entitlements on or
before October 31. He said on a personal note, I even took it upon myself to get
President Goodluck Jonathan informed by posting series of comments
about this issue on his Facebook page.
“Unfortunately, nothing has been done and many of us
live a deplorable way of life with the majority unable to meet
obligations to their children and other dependants.
“Thirty-eight people from just three banks that I
know of have died and one of the employees of Hallmark Bank committed
suicide in Aba, Abia State, as a result of his inability to eke out a
living.
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