Poor Working Conditions of Factory Workers in Lagos Exposed

A two-part investigative report by TheCable exposed the poor working conditions of factory workers in Lagos state and how these companies failed to provide protective and safety measures for their workers. The first part detailed the condition of Eworo, the 29-year-old worker whose hand was stuck in the base of an active mixer while on a night shift at the Monaplex plastic factory on August 31, 2023.

He was subsequently referred to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) for the surgical emergency. Weeks went by, and then it became months. The factory moved at a snail’s pace on issues concerning Matthew’s surgery, even as he languished with a swollen and stinking right hand. “The doctor said the time has been wasted and the surgery should have been done immediately after the incident happened, but now that the hand is swollen,. I would have to wait till it reduces before it can be further examined,” Matthew told TheCable on his second appointment with the doctor on October 5. Shortly after the investigative report was released, the once-reluctant Monaplex management quickly moved Matthew from the Lagos state hospital to Matthew went under the knife on December 31 and was discharged with his right hand immobilised in a bandage on January 2. “Monaplex took care of everything. I mean the payment for the surgery and the drugs, including my transport to and fro the hospital and my welfare when I was there

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