A Priest of the Catholic Diocese of Lokoja, Nigeria, and Executive Director and Lead Faculty of the Lux Terra Leadership Foundation, Reverend Father George Ehusani, has in a viral video questioned the character of Nigeria’s ruling class while reacting to the protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which last Monday extended the industrial action by two months. Reverend Father Ehusani, a prominent moral voice and regular advocate for good governance, equity, social justice and human solidarity in Nigeria, is peeved that after three months of strike by the university lecturers, the Nigerian leadership is clearly not…
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By Amos Aar ABUJA-based online newspaper, National Record, on Wednesday and Thursday held a 2-day training/capacity-building workshop on ‘Investigative and Accountability Journalism’ with participants drawn from different media organisations. Welcoming participants at the opening session of the programme on Tuesday, Iduh L. Onah, the publication’s Editor-in-Chief, said the workshop is funded by the McArthur Foundation through the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) under a project called the ‘Collaborative Media Engagement for Development Inclusivity and Accountability.’ Mr Onah further revealed that the WSCIJ designed the project as a multi-level intervention for media independence to hold to account government at…
MISSING. I am on my way to the police station to report that the Nigerian Government is missing. The absence of government in the country is glaring. A week ago, I thought it was on sabbatical. Midweek, I concluded that with terrorists, bandits, criminals and some ministers acting with impunity, the government must be Away Without Leave (AWOL). But this week, having determined that government cannot be so incompetent, clueless, rudderless and insensitive as to allow Nigerians to be treated as orphans, I concluded that the Buhari government is missing and that it is the patriotic duty of all Nigerians…
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has called on governments at federal and state levels to carry a careful study and then propose legislation towards tackle the challenge of technology-assisted gender violence which is on the rise in the country. CITAD’s Executive Director, Engr. Yunusa Zakari Ya’u, made the call at a press conference in Kano, the text of which was made available to National Record. Ya’u however cautioned federal and state authorities that in the effort to deal with the menace, they should avoid “throwing the baby away with the bathwater” and use it “as an opportunity…
THE Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Sanusi Garba, has stated that the commission has not approved any new tariff rate review in recent times. Garba told newsmen in Abuja on Friday that the last tariff review was approved on December 31, 2021, and became effective in February 2022. “I want to, on behalf of the management of NERC, clearly state that as of today, we have not approved any rate review and no indication that any Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) is increasing its tariff. “If you notice that the rate you buy tariff has changed within the last one…
DOMESTIC airline operators in Nigeria have issued a notice that with effect from Monday, 9th May, 2022, they will shut down their operations as a result of prevailing high cost of aviation fuel which now sells at N700 a litre. A statement signed by all the airline operators yesterday advised travellers who intend to fly to make alternative arrangements to avoid being stranded at the country’s airports. “It is with a great sense of responsibility and patriotism that the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have carried on deploying and subsidizing their services to our highly esteemed Nigerian flying public in…
THE 110th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) will take place between 27th May and 11th June, 2022, an ILO media advisory revealed on Friday. The Conference will be held in hybrid format, with delegates attending in person in Geneva, as well as virtually, to take account of COVID-19 sanitary and travel restrictions, as well as renovation work at the UN and ILO buildings in Geneva. The ILC’s opening sitting (which will be fully virtual), will take place on 27th May. Committees will begin their work on 30th May. Plenary sittings will be held between 6th and 11th June.…
COLLECTIVE bargaining can advance equality and foster inclusion says a new ILO report, the first of a series of flagship reports on Social Dialogue. The higher the coverage of employees by collective agreements, the lower the wage differences are, says the report entitled “Social Dialogue Report 2022: Collective bargaining for an inclusive, sustainable and resilient recovery,” which is based on a review of collective agreements and practices in 80 countries at different levels of economic development and the legal and regulatory frameworks in 125 countries. Collective bargaining – the process of voluntary negotiation between one or more employers (or their…
THE International Labour Organization (ILO) is set to release an initial assessment of the impact of the Ukraine crisis on the world of work, on Wednesday, 11th May, 2022. The ILO, on Friday in a press release posted on its website, stated that the impact assessment explains how economic disruption, combined with significant internal population displacement and flows of refugees, is causing large-scale losses in terms of employment and income. It includes estimates of how the situation could worsen if the hostilities escalate. It also examines the impact of the crisis on some neighbouring countries – including Hungary, Moldova, Poland,…
THE tours through Europe and Africa from April 26, 2022, by Antonio Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General, raised once again the powers, importance and relevance of the world body. The tours reinforced my analysis that the UN scribe is basically a funambulist, an acrobat walking a tightrope or slack on the world stage. He has to be faithful to many masters with conflicting interests, especially the five permanent members of the UN Security Council each of who, at will, can veto whatever he does or deny him a second term in office as was done to Boutros Boutros-Ghali in 1996.…