Views: Visits 5 File: Nigeria Labour Congress …Says Finance Minister’s careless statement can set nation on fire By Victor Ahiuma-Young Organised Labour yesterday condemned and rejected plans by the federal government to slash workers’ salaries, warning that such careless statement could set the nation’s on fire. Labour in a statement by the President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Ayuba Wabba, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to call the Minister of Finance to order before she sets Nigeria on fire with her careless statements. Reacting to the statement credited to the Finance Minister that the Federal Government was working to reduce the high cost of governance by cutting down on the salaries of Nigerian workers, NLC expressed shock with such utterance.
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Nigeria-Press-Review May 06, 2021 to 09:19 86 APA – Lagos (Nigeria) The release of 27 students abducted by bandits from Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Kaduna and the alarm raised in Abuja over the presence of hundreds of nomadic herders in Sabon-Wuse in Niger State near Abuja are some of the trending stories in Nigerian newspapers on Thursday.
The Guardian reports that respite came for 27 students abducted by bandits from Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna, as they gained their freedom yesterday after 56 days in captivity. The students were released in Kindanda village, Giwa local government area of the state.
The release was reportedly facilitated by the Sheikh Abubakar Gumi dialogue committee with support from former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The students were among the 39 abducted two months ago. After payment of ransom by parents and
Corruption, major cause of insecurity- ICPC
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By Alice Ekpang, Abuja
Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, Thursday, identified corruption as the most potent factor responsible for national security challenges in the country today.
Owasanoye stated this while delivering a goodwill message at the opening ceremony of a capacity building workshop for the House of Representatives Committee on Anti-Corruption, which has as its theme, “The role of the legislature in the fight against corruption,” organized by a German foundation, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in partnership with the House Committee on Anti-Corruption.
He noted that proper legislature, appropriation, oversight, and scrutiny of public accounts would have prevented the drift into the kind of insecurity that presently engulfs the nation.
Views: Visits 13 By Alice Ekpang, Abuja Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, Thursday, identified corruption as the most potent factor responsible for national security challenges in the country today. Owasanoye stated this while delivering a goodwill message at the opening ceremony of a capacity building workshop for the House of Representatives Committee on Anti-Corruption, which has as its theme, “The role of the legislature in the fight against corruption,” organized by a German foundation, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in partnership with the House Committee on Anti-Corruption. He noted that proper legislature, appropriation, oversight, and scrutiny of public accounts would have prevented the drift into the kind of insecurity that presently engulfs the nation.
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