Eleven months after Folashade Ogunniyi was killed by a hit and run driver while sweeping dirt on Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, her employer has compensated her family. Nigeria Compensation
. Until her death, the late sweeper, a mother of three, was employed by Highway Managers, an environment sanitation firm working contracted by the Lagos State Government.
She earned N15,000 as salary before her death. Without insurance policy in place, Highway Managers initially promised to pay N45,000 to the family to make up for her salary for three months., her husband Sotanmi Ogunniyi said the family have received financial and legal help from sympathisers who read the story and reached out to the family.
“After a lot of negotiations, we were able to reach an agreement that two million naira should be paid to the family to compensate for her death at point of duty,” Enwe told our correspondent on phone. “Good job from you for bringing the light of the issue to the public. Many more like this happen and they just go like that.”
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