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Buhari arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 4.45 pm on Thursday.
Among those who received him at the airport were Ibrahim Gambari, his chief of staff; Muhammed Bello, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT); Babagana Monguno, national security adviser, and other security chiefs.
Buhari departed for the UK on March 30 for what the presidency described as his “routine medical check-up.”
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The president later said he was
taking a “short rest” in London in a letter to Abdullah ll Bin Al-Hussein, the king of the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan.
TheCable had reported that Buhari has spent over 170 days on medical trips abroad since he became president.
NAFDAC workers embark on seven-day warning strike
April 15
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According to a statement signed by Ejor Michael, MHWUN spokesman, the strike commenced in the early hours of Thursday.
The workers are demanding immediate payment of their promotional arrears for 2018 and 2019.
They also demanded a review of the job-specific allowance and resumption of severance fee payment.
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“The Union is demanding for the payment of promotion arrears for 2018 and 2019 promotions owed their members (NAFDAC Staff). More worrisome is that, 2020 promoted staff will soon (also) join the queue. This request has lingered for too long hence the strike action,” the statement read.
By Onyebuchi Ezigbo
The Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) branch of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has commenced a seven-day warning strike on Thursday.
A statement jointly signed by the Vice-Chairman of the union, Idzi Isua, and Public Relations Officer, Ejoor Michael, said the strike started in the early hours of Thursday.
The union demanded immediate action to resolve the issues raised by the members.
Among the grievances of the workers are non-payment of promotion arrears, non-review of job specific allowance, suspension of staff training and backlog of unpaid staff financial claims.
The Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, (MHWUN) says they would no longer accept percentage payments paid to its members at the Local Government Areas by the Kogi State Government.
The union disclosed this on Thursday at the end of its State Executive Council meeting held at the union secretariat in Lokoja.
The union’s leadership said it could no longer guarantee industrial harmony in the face of continued payment in percentages to its members.
The position of the union which was contained in a statement issued by the Secretary of MHWUN, Kogi State Chapter, Comrade Rose Momoh reiterated the need for continued synergy between the union and government, adding that the call for the government to improve on the welfare of workers became necessary given the continued hardship being faced by its members across the state.
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