Barely three months after take off, NewCruise 92.7 FM, an Ikere-Ekiti based radio service owned by a former president of the Nigeria Bar Association, Wole Olanipekun, on Monday sacked 13 workers.
A copy of one of the employment letters seen by PREMIUM TIMES states: “Either party can terminate the employment by giving one month notice or paying one month salary in lieu of Notice. However, the employee reserves the right to terminate the employment on any act of misconduct on the part of the employee.”
“Kindly hand over the company’s property in your care to the Administrative Officer, while wishing you all the best in your future endeavour,” the letter reads.One of the sacked workers who spoke with PREMIUM TIMES said: He said Mr Olanipekun assured the new employees during their training that he had set aside money for their salaries for the next six months.
“Journalism in Nigeria is an endangered profession, nobody gives you notice they will send you home. And that has always been the bane of media industries in the country,” he said. “Some of our colleagues are even working without pay in some media houses for 2 to 3 years without salary and they are there.”“We share the feelings of our colleagues that were laid off unfortunately it’s a new radio station. Perhaps they have not been making anything there could be a lot of reasons for them asking to work away for a while,” he said.
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