THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ebonyi chapter says it will not stop talking until the federal and state government fulfilled the 2009 promises for the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that ASUU had been on industrial action for almost six months over the federal government’s failure to fulfil its 2009 agreement with the union. The protesters, who carried different inscriptions, matched from the popular Pastoral Centre, Abakaliki, to Pa Ngele Oruta township stadium. Comrade Ikechukwu Nwafor, NLC Chairman in Ebonyi said the congress joined the nationwide protest in solidarity with ASUU strike,…
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The Akwa Ibom State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday led a crowd of protesters in a march to the state’s Government House to deliver a letter to the state governor, demanding an end to the ASUU strike. While delivering his address at the rally at Government House in Uyo, NLC’s State Council Chairperson, Comrade Sunny James, said working class children are tired of staying at home and must now return to school. “Our children are tired of staying at home. They must return to school,” Mr James said, adding that if the protest does not yield…
THE governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, has stated that the ongoing industrial dispute between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the federal government is meant to save tertiary education from collapsing. While addressing protesting workers at the Government House, Kano, Governor Ganduje said the Nigerian government must resolve the dispute to save university education in the country. “This crisis must be resolved to help save the system. We don’t want the system to collapse in this country at all,” Ganduje said, as he also sympathised with public university students across the country who have not been taught…
THE Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday called on members and civil society groups in Lagos State to come out en-masse on Tuesday morning to begin the two-day protest in solidarity with striking lecturers. Comrade Funmi Sessi, Lagos State Council chairperson of NLC gave the directive at a stakeholders’ meeting at the union’s secretariat in Yaba, Lagos State. Comrade Sessi said that the exercise was ready to hold on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of the nationwide action. This is despite an appeal by the Federal Government that the NLC shelve the planned nationwide protest. The Academic Staff Union of…
Asks Buhari to Rejig Security Instead COMMERCIAL motorcycle operators, under the aegis of the Amalgamated Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners, Repairs and Riders Association of Nigeria (ACOMORAN), on Monday called on the federal government to drop the idea of banning their operation as it is capable of aggravating the state of insecurity in the country. Briefing journalists in Abuja, the National President of ACOMORAN, Samsudeen Apelogun, said the banning Okada operation would be counter-productive in the long run. He instead asked the federal government to reorganise the security architecture of the country. “Without any attempt to join issues with…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the deadline for the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise remains July 31, and those who register more than once would not get their PVCs. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, INEC FCT, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, made this known at a news conference on the commission’s state of preparedness for the 2023 general elections, on CVR, PVC validity and collection in Abuja. Bello said that all CVR activities except the collection of already printed PVCs would be suspended on Sunday July 31, adding that the commission increased the closing hours to 5pm daily including Saturdays and…
THE Donkey Dealers Association (DDA) says the proposed ban on donkey slaughtering in the country will result in loss of jobs for three million Nigerians. The National Chairman of the association, Mr Ifeanyi Dike, said this at a one-day public hearing on eight bills for the agriculture sector. The public hearing which held on Monday, was organised by the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development chaired by Sen. Bima Enagi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bill is titled: “Donkey Slaughter Regulation and Export Certification Bill, 2020” and sponsored by Sen. Yahaya Abdullahi. The bill which…
THE Pan-African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society and Pastoral life, has called on African countries to preach peace and unity, to further enhance development in the continent. This is contained in a statement by Rev. Fr. Patrick Alumuku, Head Media and Communications, Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral on Sunday in Abuja. The congress made the call at the end of the second Pan-African Congress on Theology, Society, and Pastoral Life, held at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. “As members of the family of God in Africa, we pray and resolve to work together toward building…
A Dei-Dei Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja on Monday sentenced a 27-year-old labourer, Abubakar Mohammed to nine months’ imprisonment for stealing iron rods. Mohammed, who lives in Katampe, Abuja pleaded guilty to theft and begged the court for leniency. The Judge, Sulyman Ola, gave the convict an option of N30,000 fine and also warned him to stay away from crimes. Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Mr Chinedu Ogada told the court that on July 10 at about 3: a. m, the police patrol team while raiding black spots and criminal hide outs arrested the convict. The prosecutor said that during police…
A Competition and Consumer Protection (CCPC) Tribunal sitting in Abuja has fixed Sept. 6 for judgment in a suit filed against MultiChoice, the operator of Gotv and DStv, over the recent price hike on their products and subscription rate. The tribunal, headed by Mr Thomas Okosun, fixed the date on Monday after counsel for the parties presented their arguments for and against the matter. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribunal had, on June 20, granted Onifade’s reliefs in an application seeking for a leave to amend his earlier originating summons and deem it to have been…