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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Organised Labour in Cross River on Tuesday, resolved to suspend the picketing of the state’s Accountant-General’s Office after a meeting with Gov. Ben Ayade.
The state chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Ben Ukpebi, said this in Calabar after a peace accord meeting between the governor and labour leaders over the picketing which started on Monday.
Ukpebi said the suspension followed an appeal by the governor for them to allow him commence the payment of the remittances with two months this week.
He said the governor complained that the amount involved was too much for government to pay all the four months at once.
Jan 3, 2021
Legal luminary, Otunba Kunle Kalejaye, handing over keys of a 1,500 seater hall donated to the Ogun State College of Health Technology (OSCOTECH), Ilese Ijebu, built in honour of his sister, Mrs Adetumbi Adebanjo (Nee Kalejaye) to mark her 72nd birthday to the Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Professor Abayomi Arigbabu
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The Ogun State Government has lauded the philanthropic gesture of Otunba Kunle Kalejaye (SAN), over a donation of 1,500 seater hall to the State College of Health Technology, Ilese, Ijebu.
Kalejaye, a legal luminary and prominent son of Ilese-Ijebu, had built the multi-purpose hall for the state owned tertiary institution, in honour of his sister, Madam Adetumbi Adebanjo, to mark her 72nd birthday.
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By Constance Athekame
Electricity access is essential for people’s lives and livelihoods; from using fridges for storing food and medicine; charging mobile phones to stay connected; lighting up households and schools at night to powering local businesses.
Most people in many rural areas of Nigeria lack access to electricity and only few can afford costly diesel-powered generators that lead to pollution and noise endangering people’s life.
Solar-powered mini-grids could be the answer to rural communities’ access to electricity because it is well-suited to small, remote communities, renewable energy mini-grids can now be the cheaper, greener option.
By Constance Athekame
Electricity access is essential for people’s lives and livelihoods; from using fridges for storing food and medicine; charging mobile phones to stay connected; lighting up households and schools at night to powering local businesses.
Most people in many rural areas of Nigeria lack access to electricity and only few can afford costly diesel-powered generators that lead to pollution and noise endangering people’s life.
Solar-powered mini-grids could be the answer to rural communities’ access to electricity because it is well-suited to small, remote communities, renewable energy mini-grids can now be the cheaper, greener option.
Providing electricity to rural populations can take three forms: grid extension; standalone solar systems; and mini-grids.
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The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnic (SSANIP), College of Health Technology Calabar chapters, have called on Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State to return the CONPCASS/CONTEDISS salary structure to the staff of the college.
The two unions made the call separately by their leaders, ASUP chairman, Comrade Bright Ewona and SSANIP, chairman, Comrade Effiong Archibong.
According to Comrade Bright Ewona, “The sudden suspension of CONPCASS/CONTEDISS salary structure of the College of Health Technology Calabar staff is not acceptable.”
Lamenting the ordeal of his members who are currently on strike and are owed November salary, Comrade Ewona disclosed that his institution had suffered being sidelined for five years during the implementation of the salary scale in 2013.