DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 29 (MExN): The Nagaland Targeted Intervention Employees Forum (NTIEF) has resolved to boycott the observation of World AIDS Day scheduled on December 1 2016. In this connection, all members have been directed not to attend the World AIDS Day observation program in their respective district. A press release issued by NTIEF said the step is being taken to express resentment towards Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NSACS), National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) and the Nagaland Government for failing to pay their pending salary from December 2015-March 2016 even after repeated representation and other form of democratic protest. The Forum also cautioned that it would intensify its protest with other form of “stringent measures” in the coming days if the Government fails to fulfill its demand in releasing the backlog salary from December ’15 to March ’16 at the earliest.
