Lagos—Workers at the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) yesterday continued their protest over what they said was unlawful sack and poor wage by the management of the company.

No fewer than 100 workers barricaded the Iganmu office of the company in Lagos to protest their sack by the CCECC management.

A worker who spoke  at the office located inside the national Theatre Complex said they were disenchanted with the manner which the management disengaged them.

However, an official, who did not disclose his name before he was hurriedly invited to a management meeting said that the company was not owing the workers.

The source said the management had the right to sack workers and re-employ them on contract as was applicable globally.

Mr Babatunde Liadi, General Secretary, National Union of Civil Engineering, Construction, Furniture and Wood Workers, said that they had not been informed of the crisis in the company.

Meanwhile, the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), owner of the rail project, has said it only awarded contracts to the company and monitors the progress of the job.

LAMATA’s External Relations Specialist, Mr Kolawole Ojelabi, said that the agency was not involved in the payment of the labourers’ wages or oversees their employment.