Dec 22, 2020
From left, Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu; Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige and ASUU president, Biodun Ogunyemi
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THE Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has dismissed as baseless and dishonest, the statement by the University of Jos Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), led by Dr. Maigoro, that he (Ngige) is responsible for the prolonged nationwide strike by the Union.
Rather, the minister blamed ASUU for the prolonged strike, as the union had totally refused to go back to work and reciprocate government offers.
He said: “It is rather ASUU which has bluntly refused to reciprocate the Federal Government offers by refusing to either teach, conduct research or engage in other academic values for which they are paid, that should be held responsible.
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LEKE BAIYEWU
The House of Representatives is considering a series of amendments to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act, including setting a limit to the duration a person can act as chairman of the commission.
The House is also considering expanding the scope of qualifications for the chairmanship of the EFCC.
At the plenary on Tuesday, the House had consolidated four bills by different sponsors seeking to amend the EFCC Act.
In the bill sponsored by Mr Tajudeen Yusuf, apart from setting a time-frame for acting chairmanship, it is also being proposed that the EFCC retains a percentage of funds recovered its recoveries.
By Udora Orizu
The House of Representatives yesterday passed for second reading a Bill seeking to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to enable Nigerians in diaspora participate in elections.
The legislation, which seeks to amend Section 77 Subsection (2) of the Principal Act, is sponsored by the Chairperson House Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe and 15 other lawmakers.
According to the Bills draft, every citizen of Nigeria, who has attained the age of eighteen years residing within or outside Nigeria at the time of registration of voters for purposes of election to a Legislative house, shall be entitled to be registered as a voter for that election.
Udora Orizu in Abuja
The House of Representatives yesterday passed for second reading four bills seeking to limit timeframe for any person appointed as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on acting capacity.
When passed into law, the bills would provide the commission power to retain a percentage of loot recovered to run its operations.
Also, the parliament will also restructure the composition of the commission to include members of independent organizations in its membership, establish operations review committee, set up a witness protection unit, detention unit and compensation of victims of financial crimes. The commission will also have the powers to disqualify convicted persons from holding or continuing to hold public offices.
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