Lahan Municipality Staff, Teachers Face Four Months Without Salaries Amid Account Freeze Dispute
Summary
Employees and teachers in Lahan Municipality have not received salaries for four months due to a freeze on the municipality's accounts amid a dispute over administrative transfers and political interference.
Key Points
- Lahan Municipality employees and teachers have not received their salaries for four months following an account freeze by the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration.
- The account freeze stems from a dispute over the transfer of the Chief Administrative Officer and political pressure.
- The Ministry had planned to transfer the former Chief Administrative Officer, but he challenged the transfer in court, which ordered a status quo on the matter.
- Employees have submitted a memorandum warning of protests if salaries are not paid before the upcoming New Year and Siruwa festival.
