By Umar Faruk, Gusau Former Zamfara State governor and Senator representing Zamfara West Senatorial District, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, has provided 76 trucks of assorted fertilisers for distribution to farmers at a subsidised price across the State. Making the revelation at a meeting held with members of the distribution committee in Gusau, the state capital, Chairman of the Committee and Head of A. A. Yari Political Organisation, Hon. Lawal M. Liman Gabɗon Ƙaura, stated that five trucks of the commodity would be given to each of the eight Local Government Areas of Zamfara Central and North Senatorial Districts, respectively. Hon. Lawal…
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Organised labour, on Tuesday, vowed to reject any insignificant addition to the ₦60,000 offer by the tripartite committee on the new minimum wage. Trade Union Congress President, Festus Osifo, stated on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday. Recall that organised labour suspended its strike which began on Monday after reaching an agreement with the Federal Government. The government promised that President Bola Tinubu is committed to a minimum wage more that the N60,000 earlier offered. Asked whether labour would accept a few thousand naira additions to the offer, Osifo said, “No, we also told them that it’s not that…
…as Akpabio advises labour to consider implication of high wages Senate, on Tuesday, pledged to give the National Minimum Wage Bill accelerated hearing any time President Bola Tinubu sends it to the National Assembly for proper legislative actions. The Bill would be sent to the National Assembly for legal backing whenever the organised labour and the Federal Government conclude negotiations on it. Akpabio gave this assurance during plenary while reacting to the news of the suspension of the industrial action embarked upon by the organised since Monday. Senate was debating a motion on the ‘Urgent Need For The Organised Labour…
One person was reportedly killed, six seriously injured and 30 trapped when a mine site collapsed in Galkogo village of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. A firm, African Minerals and Logistics Limited, is said to be operating the site. The Manager of the site, Alhaji Ibrahim Ishaku, was also said to be among the workers trapped in the mine pit. Niger state Emergency Management Agency has confirmed the incident. NSEMA said the mine pit collapsed because of the rainfall impacts that had softened the soil. The Agency added that those who attempted to rescue those trapped in the…
In a bid to embrace digital transformation, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will on Wednesday kickstart the process for the electronic membership registration in all 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory. The date for the commencement of the registration exercise proper is yet to be fixed. The Nation however gathered that the exercise will be formally flagged off in Minna, Niger State capital. A “Train the Trainer” workshop for 109 participants – three each from the 36 states and one participant from FCT is billed for Ladi Kwali Hall, Abuja Continental Hotel (formerly, Sheraton Hotel). The training workshop…
Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, on Tuesday, said they agreed to suspend their nationwide strike to allow the Federal Government commit to a concrete and acceptable national minimum wage. Both the NLC and the TUC took the decision at the end of an emergency National Executive Council meeting on Tuesday. Earlier on Tuesday, Federal Government team agreed to raise the N60, 000 minimum wage offer after a meeting with Labour. In a communique jointly signed by Presidents of NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero and Comrade Festus Osifo, labour said it suspended the nationwide strike in order to give room…
A former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kingsley Moghalu says Nigeria’s level of productivity cannot support the N400,000 minimum wage the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress are demanding. Moghalu stated this on his official X handle on Tuesday. On Monday, organised Labour had embarked on a strike over a new minimum wage and the recent hike in electricity tariffs for Band A customers. NLC and the TUC have repeatedly proposed N615,500 and N494,000 as the new national minimum wage, citing inflation and the prevailing economic hardship in the country. Moghalu noted that although the…
… says Wike has proved his critics wrong President Bola Tinubu has approved the naming of the full-scope Arterial road N20 from Northern Parkway to the Outer Northern Expressway (otherwise called the Murtala Mohammed Expressway), as the Wole Soyinka Way. The president stated this during his address at the inauguration of the road in Abuja on Tuesday, June 4, where he described the 89-year-old playwright as a foremost playwright who has brought international acclaim, to Nigeria, while appreciating the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, for the recommendation. “Let me say here that your momentous recommendation to name this road Wole Soyinka…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan says many politicians will not approach the court if the judiciary had been fair and upright in resolving election disputes. Jonathan spoke on Tuesday in Asaba, Delta State during the inauguration of the state’s new High Court Complex. He noted, “My thinking is that 50 per cent of those who go to court go to court because they felt they were cheated by the electoral management system; they were rigged out. “When you feel naturally aggrieved, you have to go to court. So assuming the elections are properly conducted, they know they failed the election, but…
The Saudi authorities have announced a SR10,000 (N3,991, 170) fine for first offender pilgrims caught without having NUSUK cards during the rituals of 2024 Hajj exercise. NUSUK is an identification card introduced by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah to facilitate easy movement of all pilgrims at the holy sites. According to a statement by the country’s Ministry of Religious Affairs, any pilgrim that repeats the offence will pay a hefty fine of up to SR100,000 (N39,819m). “Previously, Saudi authorities announced a fine of SR10,000 for anyone, including Saudi citizens, expatriates, and visitors, who entered Makkah without a Hajj…