President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has dropped a hint that the Federal Government will only pay the minimum wage it can afford, saying government will cut its coat according to its cloth. The President had in his Democracy Day broadcast alerted the National Assembly to expect his bill on a new National Minimum Wage. He spoke Wednesday night at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, during the 25th Democracy Day Anniversary Dinner. Addressing the leadership of the National Assembly, represented by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, on the minimum wage, Tinubu said the government would do the needful, but would only pay…
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Benue State Government says it has secured €25millin from the European Investment Bank to construct 500-kilometre roads across the state. State Coordinator, Benue Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project, Stephen Numbeve, disclosed this in Makurdi on Thursday. Numbeve said all the administrative procedures have been completed and the agency would commence work once the fund is disbursed. The RAAMP coordinator said the road designs for 300 kilometres of roads have been completed, while works for the remaining 200 kilometres are ongoing. Numbeve added that the roads are expected to cut across 53 road networks in the state. According to him,…
Federal High Court sitting in Kano, on Thursday, ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear the human rights violation suit filed by the dethroned Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, and senior councillor, Aminu Dan’agundi, following the reinstatement of Emir Muhammad Sanusi II. The court had issued an ex-parte order stopping Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf from reinstating Sanusi until a substantive suit against the reinstatement is resolved. The order also opposed the abolishment of four emirates—Bichi, Gaya, Karaye, and Rano—under a bill previously passed by the state House of Assembly. The court also instructed all parties to maintain the…
President Bola Tinubu will, on Friday, receive a draft bill seeking a return to a regional system of government for Nigeria. The proposed legislation authored by a chieftain of the Yoruba socio-cultural association, Afenifere, Akin Fapohunda, and titled, “A Bill for an Act to substitute the annexure to Decree 24 of 1999 with New Governance Model for the Federal Republic of Nigeria’, seeks among others, new extant laws to be cited as “The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria New Governance Model for Nigeria Act 2024.” The PUNCH reported last week that the said bill was disowned by the…
Supreme Court on Thursday, reserved judgment in the suit filed by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) on behalf of the Federal Government, against the 36 State Governors of the federation over Local Government councils’ autonomy. The suit is seeking full autonomy for all the 774 local government areas councils in the country. In the suit, marked SC/CV/343/2024, Federal Government wants the Supreme Court to enforce the autonomy of the local government by, among other things, stopping state governors from appointing caretaker committees to administer local governments in their states. FG wants the Supreme…
By Kayode Odunaro Having won an unprecedented number of votes that almost doubled that of his closest rivals, Senator Solomon Adeola (APC Ogun West) was not in doubt as to the massive support he got in a highly transparent election. It was a victory foretold based on his antecedents as a legislator elsewhere and the ‘representation’ in form of projects and empowerment accomplished in the senatorial district, even before he became the senator representing the district. Not surprisingly, the majority of constituents that voted for him have been gloating over the places based on the senator’s dedicated fulfilment of his…
By Tom Garba On June 13, 2023, when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu issued a proclamation announcing the commencement of the legislative activities of the Nation Assembly, Rt Hon Zacharia Dauda Nyammpa, officially assumed office for the second term as the House of Representatives (HoR) Member representing the good people of Michika/ Madagali of Adamawa State. This is to say Dauda is marking his fifth year as a ranking House of Representatives (HoR) Federal lawmaker. But long before that day marked that his historic journey for him and the people of Michika/Madagali, Nyampa had hit the ground running. The moment his…
President Bola Tinubu has spoken about the incident at the Eagle Square, Abuja, on Wednesday morning. Daily Trust had reported how the president missed his step and fell while entering a vehicle for a parade to commemorate Democracy Day. Social media has been flooded with varied reactions, reflecting a spectrum of opinions on the incident. Speaking at a dinner, the president referred to the fall as “Swagger”, saying social media is confused about it. “Early this morning, I had a swagger and it’s on the social media. They are confused whether I was doing buga or doing babbaringa, but it…
Ibrahim Lamuwa, the permanent secretary of the federal ministry of foreign affairs, says he is being accused of sexual harassment by Simisola Fajemirokun-Ajayi, an official of the ministry, because he refused her demands. Yusuf Tuggar, minister of foreign affairs, had notified Folasade Yemi-Esan, the head of service of the federation (HoS), of the allegation. In a letter to Yemi-Esan, the minister said it was necessary to communicate the development to her following the “gravity of the matter” after Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer, wrote a petition to him. However, in response to the allegation, Lamuwa said his failure to…
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Wednesday, appealed to Labour to settle for a national minimum wage that will not collapse the economy and result in mass retrenchment of workers. The Minister made this appeal while declaring open the 2024 Synod of the Charismatic Bishops Conference of Nigeria in Abuja. He pleaded with labour to seek a realistic and sustainable wage regime that is realistic and will devastate the nation’s economy. Idris also disclosed government’s efforts towards bringing down the cost of living and increase Nigerians’ purchasing power through programmes like the Presidential CNG initiative, which aims…