Hello Nigeria. A lovely evening to you all. Some months ago, January to be precise, a certain Twitter account, made claims about PayPorte, one of Nigeria’s most popular e-Commerce Companies owing months of salaries. #BBNaija #JusticeForPayPorteStaff

Many felt this was a rumor, because there was no identity to the person and the account, but we are here to tell you it was no rumor. It was the truth. We are the Ex-PayPorte Staff and we are seeking justice. No hidden faces. Real people who will reveal ourselves in due time.

We are a group of former employees who have had enough! We hereby bring to the notice of the Labour union, @firsNigeria, @PenComNig, Media and general public the injustice and inhumane treatment going on at PAYPORTE GLOBAL SYSYEMS #BBNaija #JusticeForPayPorteStaff

For those who don't know, PAYPORTE GLOBAL SYSTEMS is the parent company of #PayPorte, official sponsors of #BBNaija. The Company is owned by Eyo Bassey Francis (@eyobassey) #BBNaija #JusticeForPayPorteStaff

For months we have been working without pay! Requests for salary advance from salaries owed are being ignored! Employees who are unable to come to work due to lack of funds are fired and still denied payment! #BBNaija #JusticeForPayPorteStaff

Salaries have not been paid since November last year. For our Pension, 8% employee contribution is being deducted monthly but not remitted, same for the employer's statutory 10% pension contribution. #BBNaija #JusticeForPayPorteStaff

Making it a total of 18% pension contribution as stated in the Pension Act, which has not been remitted for more than 2years, same with tax. Requests have been made, emails have been sent but the company has refused to respond and pay us our dues. #JusticeForPayPorteStaff

We as employees have complied wit section 11, subsection 1 & 2 of this act while #PayPorte hasn't complied with sections and 4 of the Nigerian Pension Act as seen in the images attached. #BBNaija #JusticeForPayPorteStaff

Section 6 states " An employer who fails to deduct or remit the contributions within the time stipulated in subsection 3b shall in addition to making the remittance already due, be liable to a penalty to be stipulated by the commission. #BBNaija #JusticeForPayPorteStaff

Section 7 "the penalty referred to in subsection 6 of this section shall not be less than 2% of the total contribution that remains unpaid for each month or part of each month the default .... #BBNaija #JusticeForPayPorteStaff

.... continues and the amount of the penalty shall be recovered as a debt OWED to the employee's retirement savings account, as the case may be.
It is our right to demand for justice! To be paid what we are owed! #BBNaija #JusticeForPayPorteStaff

We have been quiet for too long while we watch as management spend frivolously. They engage in activities to promote the image of the company, sign celebrities as ambassadors, host and pay student ambassadors. #BBNaija #JusticeForPayPorteStaff

We have been quiet and watched as management bought cars, expensive phones, Laptops, sponsor vacation trips, pay business class tickets for other staff simply because they are warming Eyo Bassey Francis’ bed. #BBNaija #JusticeForPayPorteStaff

You would ask how is it our business?
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It is our business when we r being owed for 4 months and expected to come to work while certain staff enjoy special privileges. It is our right to demand for wat is ours. Our loyalty and patience is being taken for granted & we will not be silent anymore. #JusticeForPayPorteStaff

It’s our business when all these spending are going on during the same period when staff were sending requests for School fees for a child which was ignored and child had to be withdrawn from the school. #BBNaija #JusticeForPayPorteStaff

It’s our business when Staff sent request for his rent which expired and he had to be evicted from his house #BBNaija #JusticeForPayPorteStaff

It’s our business when Staff who had a close relation battling cancer and wanted to help donate towards her treatment. #BBNaija #JusticeForPayPorteStaff

It’s our business when Staff who needed just N20,000 Salary advance to cater to his family sends a mail requesting for fees and the mail is unanswered. #BBNaija #JusticeForPayPorteStaff

All these mails were left unresponded to.
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They are also sponsoring a reality TV show, #BBNaija worth over #350 million naira, AY Live, Nigeria Football Association while its employees suffer. #BBNaija #JusticeForPayPorteStaff

We call on the Nigerian Labour Congress to take action. We call on FIRS to take action. We call on PENCOM to take action. We have laboured for PAYPORTE and we deserve our wages!
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This isn’t just a Twitter battle. We will fight this injustice with all the energy, resources, sweat and spirit in us. We will bring this Company and its founder, Eyo Bassey Francis to the law and ensure we get what is rightly ours. #BBNaija #JusticeForPayPorteStaff

We have faces. We have identities, we are scared of no one or your friends. We have tried the diplomatic approach and gotten nothing. WE WILL GET WHAT IS OURS EVENTUALLY! MARK OUR WORD! #BBNaija #JusticeForPayPorteStaff

Please kindly go through this thread to see the injustice being done at #PayPorte official sponsors of #BBNaija
Our email is [e-mail] if you'd like to contact us. In due time, our names and faces will be made public. #BBNaija #JusticeForPayPorteStaff