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About 78 workers of the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL), including union leaders, were on Thursday issued sack notices by Transcorp, owners and operators of the corporation, following dwindling fortunes of the corporation.



At a protest rally organised by some of the union members, which saw them besieging the entrance gate of the National Assembly, before heading for the headquarters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the aggrieved workers said their sack was not in accordance with due process, as a lot of them were still being owed salary arrears of up to nine months.



According to the workers, the aim of the sack was to intimidate the others who were left out, so that they would not be able to fight management for their rights.