July 21, 2021
Albert Baron Ansu
Former workers of the privatized State Lottery went amok Monday and barricaded their office now housing the Bet Salone that has taken over operations. In the rowdy scene created, the Director of Bet Salone Nicholas Nicol responded to the concerns of the staff in an exclusive with Z-Z Newspaper. He disclosed that there was a tender for the privatization of State Lottery and Accord Logistic owned by Lebanse Johnny Kusha won.
The technical and financial capacity inadequacy of the Lebanese resulted to a merger with Bet Salone, the company that had since invested billions in jump starting the operations.
For the past couple of months Bet Salone has been paying the salaries of the aggrieved workers clamoring for leave allowance, lunch and retirement benefit.
A-Z Newspaper gathered that these concerns were not reflected in the new deal fostered by the Accord Logistic and Bet Salone arrangement.
We gathered that Johnny Kusha did not manage the situation with tact until it reached crisis proportion of picketing and consequently sabotaging the operations of Bet Salone. We witnessed the aggrieved workers boing and chanting “Johnny must go, Johnny must go…”
It was apparent that the condescending action of Johnny as opposed to the conciliatory posture of the management of Bet Salone produced different results. When Johnny left the chaotic scene assumed some serenity and promise of negotiation was in sight.
Director Nicolas Nicol told A-Z Newspaper that they are in business to avoid drama. He indicated that they are prepared to address the concerns of State Lottery workers in good time and good faith with a view of avoiding distress for the customers and interruption of their work flow.
Many of the view that what have the lion in the room in ensuring an unobtrusive operation of Bet Salone there has to be a give and take with the former state lottery workers showing some flexibility and some concession from BET Salone in a win-win deal for constructive engagement going forward.
A-Z Newspaper will continue to monitor the impasse and the effort towards an enduring resolution of the conflict,