Dozens of Staff of the Siaka Stevens Stadium and Hostel yesterday staged a peaceful protest at the national stadium over nonpayment of salaries.
Some of the aggrieved workers have gone over 16 months without salary.
The workers said though they have not been paid for that considerable period, they were not selected for the rehabilitation work of the national stadium.
“How are we going to live with our families? We have been coming to work every day without salary. These people are wicked and they are not treating us like we are not Sierra Leoneans,” the aggrieved workers told Premier News.
The Stadium Manager Paul Dabulay said that they are unable to pay the workers because of the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic which disrupted sport and social activities at the stadium.
He also noted that his office has been incapacitated by the Executive Director of the National Sports Authority Dr. Kenneth Brima who had put someone in charge of work at the stadium because of the US$40m grant by the Chinese government to rehabilitate the stadium.
The national stadium is closed to the public for two years due to the rehabilitation work.
By Desmond Tunde Coker