ASUU Suspends Nine-Month Strike, Promise to Return to Strike If Gov’t fails Its Promises

EducationLabourNewsASUU Suspends Nine-Month Strike, Promise to Return to Strike If Gov’t fails Its Promises

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 23, 2020

The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), has suspended its strike on Wednesday, ending the industrial action it started in March 2020. This was disclosed by the ASUU National President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, during a media briefing of the union in Abuja. He added that the suspension of the strike will take place from Thursday, December 24th, 2020. On Tuesday, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, had assured Nigerians that the prolonged strike...

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ASUU Suspends 9-month Old Strike

EducationLabourNewsNigeriaASUU Suspends 9-month Old Strike

PilotnewsDecember 23, 2020

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it has suspended its nine months old strike conditionally. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU President, said this during a news conference at the end of its emergence National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ASUU had embarked on strike since March 23 to press home its demands which include funding for the Revitalization of Public Universities, payment of...

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NASS Legislative Aids Suspend Protest Over Salary Arrears

LabourNewsNigeriaPoliticsNASS Legislative Aids Suspend Protest Over Salary Arrears

PilotnewsDecember 16, 2020

The National Assembly Legislative Aides Forum (NASSlAF) has suspended its planned protest over non payment of salary areas. NASSLAF said this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. It said that the suspension followed assurances by the management of the National Assembly that the arrears will be paid before the end of 2020. ” We will not hesitate to take up the gauntlet if the arrears are not paid on or before Dec. 21, as...

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Adamawa Owes Pensioners N27 Billion As 200 Died

LabourNewsNigeriaPeopleAdamawa Owes Pensioners N27 Billion As 200 Died

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 11, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’ Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ Pensioners in Adamawa State have cried out over the non-payment of over N27 billion owed them by both the state and local government pensioners since the coming of the present administration in the state. The pensioners also decried that since the coming of the present administration no pensioner claims to have received his full gratuity. Speaking during the marking of the Annual Pension Year 2020, in Yola, the  state...

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EducationLabourNewsNigeriaWe Have Kept Our Promises to ASUU – FG

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 9, 2020

The Federal Government has said that it has delivered on it promises made to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). This was in a reaction to the union’s claim that the government had failed to deliver on offers made to the union. The President of the union, Prof. biodun Ogunyemi made this claim last week. The academics blamed the FG for the union’s failure to call off the strike, adding that the lecturers would...

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Enugu Govt to Commence Verification of Pensioners Jan. 4

LabourLifestyleNewsNigeriaEnugu Govt to Commence Verification of Pensioners Jan. 4

PilotnewsDecember 1, 2020

The Enugu State Government has announced the commencement of the second phase of verification for pensioners whose pension accounts are domiciled in the Office of the Accountant-General of the state. This was contained in a statement signed by the Enugu State Head of Service, Ken Chukwuegbo in Enugu on Tuesday. Chukwuegbo said that the exercise would commence in the pensioners’ respective banks from Jan. 4, 2021 and end on March 4. He advised pensioners to...

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Kwara Gov Presents Bill to Repeal Payment of Pension to Saraki, Other Past Governors

LabourNewsNigeriaKwara Gov Presents Bill to Repeal Payment of Pension to Saraki, Other Past Governors

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 19, 2020

The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq, on Wednesday presented an executive bill to repeal the law granting payment of monthly pension to former Governors and Deputy Governors before the State House of Assembly. The Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Yakubu Danladi, announced the presentation of the Bill during a plenary on Wednesday while reading the Governor’s message to the House. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the executive bill presented...

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Gov’s Pension: Law Was Repealed Since 2019, Saraki’s Aide Tells Abdulrazaq

LabourNewsNigeriaPoliticsGov’s Pension: Law Was Repealed Since 2019, Saraki’s Aide Tells Abdulrazaq

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 14, 2020

The aide to former governor of Kwara State, has lambasted the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, over his promise to revoke a law that guaranteed life pensions and other privileges for former governors in the state. Abdulrazaq had promised to abolish the pension law barely days after Lagos State Gover, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, promised to revoke a similar law in his state. In his reaction, Abdulganiyu Abdulqadir, the Press Officer to Saraki on Local Matters, said...

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Tinubu Praises Sanwo-Olu’s Steps to Stop Ex-Governors’ Pensions, the Law He Signs

LabourNewsPoliticsTinubu Praises Sanwo-Olu’s Steps to Stop Ex-Governors’ Pensions, the Law He Signs

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 12, 2020

A former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has praised the new step taken by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to repeal the Lagos State law that would ensure life pensions for former governors and deputy governors. The All Progressive Congress (APC) stalwart said this in a series of tweets on Wednesday. Tinubu tweeted, “Congratulations to Governor Sanwo-Olu over the 2021 budget which he appropriately christened ‘Budget of Rekindled Hope’. This audacious and enterprising budget will empower...

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After Protest For Better Working Condition, SSS Dismisses Staff At Schools

EducationLabourNewsAfter Protest For Better Working Condition, SSS Dismisses Staff At Schools

Beloved John (Staff Writer)November 4, 2020

Not less that seventy one teaching staff of the Community Staff Schools in Abuja have been sacked following the demand for a pay raise and better working condition. Staff members  of the school which is run by the State Security Service (SSS), had held a protest for this cause. Although run like private institutions, the primary and secondary schools, situated in Asokoro, are owned by the SSS. In its memo dated November 2, 2020, the...

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