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Gov. Ikpeazu to inaugurate committee on minimum wage Wednesday

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Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has approved the setting up of a joint negotiating committee on the implementation of the new minimum wage in the state.

In a release signed by the Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu made available to ABN TV, the Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Ude Oko Chukwu will on behalf of the governor inaugurate the committee at conference room, office of the Deputy Governor on Wednesday, 11th December, 2019.

The team is expected to conclude its work and submit its report to the Governor on or before the 31st of December, 2019.

The members are;
1. Head of Service (Chairman)
2. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance
3. Permanent Secretary/Executive Secretary, Planning Commission
4. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice
5. Permanent Secretary, Establishment/Pension (Secretary)
6. Permanent Secretary, LG Service Commision
7. Auditor General of the State
8. Accountant-General of the state
9. Joint Council Chairman (Labour spokesman)
10. TUC Chairman
11. NLC Chairman
12. N U T Chairman
13. NULGE Chairman
14. Chairman council 1
15. Chairman council 2
16. Chairman Council 3

We Won’t Stop Huge Pension For Ex-Governors, Top Public Office Holders – Lagos Assembly

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Lagos State House of Assembly says it will not repeal the state’s pension law permitting former governors and other public office holders to receive huge pensions from state coffers.

Chairman, House Committee on Information and Strategy, Mr. Tunde Braimoh, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday that Lagos Assembly would not go the way of the Zamfara Assembly which recently repealed pension law for its former governors.

NAN recalls that a Federal High Court in Lagos had ordered the Federal Government to recover pensions collected by former governors now serving as ministers and members of the National Assembly.

The court also directed the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami, to challenge the legality of states’ pension laws permitting former governors and other ex-public officials to receive huge pensions while drawing normal salaries and allowances in their new political offices.

Braimoh faulted the court ruling, noting that, as long as the law does not contravene the Constitution, state assemblies have the right to make laws for the benefit of the society in which they operate.

Igbos Need North Support To Get Presidency In 2023 – Senator Okorocha

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Rochas Okorocha, the Imo West Senator has declared that the South East alone can’t make themselves President in 2023.

Okorocha reiterated that the southeast needs the support of the North and other geopolitical regions to achieve its aim of producing Nigeria’s president in 2023. He stated that Nigeria needs a president who would continue with the efforts of uniting the country, create jobs and also guarantee security.

He said: “The Igbo alone cannot make themselves the president. The quicker they come together and start shoring up support from the North and other parts of the region the better it is to realise the dream.

“I know we shall come up to that point one day when who becomes the president would not be based on tribe or religion. For as long we keep promoting tribal and religious sentiments, we are not getting it right.”

Ikpeazu frowns at activities of street traders in Aba, warns them to steer clear

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The Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has noted with great dismay what he called the unwholesome activities of emergency street traders around the area between Oomne Road Junction through Ngwa High School up to Osisioma Junction.

In a release signed by the chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Onyebuchi Ememanka, the activities of these street traders are negatively affecting the ongoing reconstruction work on that end of Aba Owerri Road.

According to him, these traders mindlessly place tables and chairs on recently laid asphalt that is yet to solidify, thereby creating crevices on the ongoing project and disrupting the smooth laying of asphalt. In addition, they pour all sorts of liquids ranging from palm oil, engine oil, kerosene and even petrol on the site. These liquids affect the settling of the asphalt layers.

“Government can no longer watch while these mindless activities go on.

“Consequently, the Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, PhD has ordered an end to all forms of street trading around that area, effective immediately.

“The Governor hereby orders the Honorable Commissioner for Environment to immediately constitute a crack Task Force to ensure the strictest compliance with this directive. This task force is expected to commence work tomorrow morning, Monday, 9th December, 2019” he said.

He directed the Head of Service, Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area, The Divisional Police Officer in charge of Abayi Division and the Head of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Osisioma to work with the Task Force to arrest any person who chooses to flout this directive. Any goods or items of trade found around that area shall immediately be confiscated and such trader prosecuted.

“Government hereby warns these street traders to steer clear from that area in their own interest. There has never been a market there and there will never be.

“Government is investing lots of money in that project and will not tolerate any action that will impact negatively on it.”.

[OPINION] POOR SYSTEM OF EDUCATION IN ABIA STATE, BY NWAGBOGU AMARA

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Education in Abia state, especially in the public sector is in a state of dysfunction. The students are disillusioned with public education. Their teachers are frustrated in the face of poor motivation and Lack of good facilities.

What is clear is that successive governments have paid lip service to revamp a sector bedevilled by low budgetary allocations, poor incentives for teachers and it is for those reasons and more that the states educational system is in a mess.

Education infrastructure needs to be revamped, especially at the primary level. School graduates often find it difficult getting jobs that match their education, the younger generation frequently sees little practical value in staying in school beyond a few primary grades.

For how long will this continue, nobody knows.

We should appreciate all those who have contributed selflessly over these past 59 years to the promotion of Education. This is the time to remember people such as Prof. S.O Awokoya, the architect of the first free primary education programme in Nigeria. Alvan ikoku who was among the first set of Nigerians to build privately funded secondary schools and all those who built regional universities, polytechnics and colleges of education, secondary and primary schools, the teachers who toiled over the years to advertise, globally, the innate qualities and talents available in the country.

Education experts say, it is difficult not to agree with them.

NWAGBOGU AMARA GODGIVE writes from Umuahia

DSS Doesn’t Need Buhari’s Permission To Arrest Sowore – Presidency

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The Presidency has said that the Publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, planned to cause trouble in the country and disappear like the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.

The Presidency said this in reaction to the insinuations in the media about the rearrest by the Department of State Services (DSS) of Sowore.

Garba Shehu, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Spokesman, the Presidency noted that, “The DSS does not necessarily need the permission of the Presidency in all cases to carry out its essential responsibilities that are laid down in the Nigerian Constitution – which was the foundation for the restoration of democracy in our country in 1999.

“However, it should not surprise anyone who has followed his actions and words that Sowore is a person of interest to the DSS.

“Sowore called for a revolution to overthrow the democratically elected government of Nigeria.

“He did so on television, and from a privileged position as the owner of a widely read digital newspaper run from the United States of America.

“He founded an organisation, Revolution Now, to launch, in their own words, ‘Days of Rage’, with the publicised purpose of fomenting mass civil unrest and the elected administration’s overthrow.

No government will allow anybody to openly call for destabilization in the country and do nothing.

“Mr. Sowore is no ordinary citizen expressing his views freely on social media and the internet.

We Tracked 387 Hate Speech On Social Media In November – CITAD

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Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has said it tracked a total of 387 Hate speech on Facebook and Twitter handles in Nigeria in November.

This was made known to the public by Hamza Ibrahim, CITAD Coordinator, Countering Hate Speech Project, at a Post-Gubernatorial Election Press briefing organised by the Centre and supported by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) on Thursday in Lokoja.

Ibrahim said, “Our analysis established that the speech instances occur in textual, video, pictorial and symbolic forms and 32 per cent of the offending species were ethnic-based while 26 per cent were election-related,” he said.

According to Ibrahim, ethnic-based and election-based, dominated the list, beating religion-based hate speech which used to top the list in the last two months.

He said, “We want to specifically draw the attention of the entire people of Kogi to the dangers and consequences of hate speech and therefore urge that they neither engage in or accommodate hate speech on social media platforms or at community gatherings.”

Better Days Are Ahead, Gov. Ikpeazu Tells Abians

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Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has assured Abians that better days are ahead despite the challenges confronting the State.

He gave the assurance while speaking at the Bible Believing Mission, aka Talk Na Do, Osisioma.

Dr Ikpeazu admitted that the task of State building is not easy but stated that his administration was building a foundation that would last.

He disclosed that because of the constant menace of flooding over the years, he cannot build a road in Aba without drainages and expressed confidence that he will succeed as his policies and programmes are centred around the people, stating that he is not taking the opportunity he has for granted.

The Governor then appealed to the church to pray for his administration to succeed “because I am aware that ‘Unless the Lord builds a city, they labour in vain who build it'”.

In his sermon, the presiding minister who is also the minister-in-charge of the Bible Believing Mission, Pastor Innocent Kingsley, pointed out that Abia is working and urged Abians to pray that God will continue to use the Governor, Dr Ikpeazu, to make the State better.

According to him, the coming of Jesus into the world was to fulfill God’s design to redeem the world. He therefore admonished Abians to keep faith with God.

Policeman Shoots Graduate Who Just Returned From India Dead In Kano (Photos)

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I A graduate of computer science from India was reportedly shot and killed in cold blood by a police officer in Kano over a minor misunderstanding.

According to report, the deceased just returned to Nigeria from India.

Traffic Light Offenders To Pay N50,000 From 2020 – FRSC

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According to Corps Marshal of Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, “You can’t hold the phone with one hand and drive with the other while using google map. That is distracted driving and the law is clear on that. When you stop people for traffic violations, their lawyers would write to you and threaten to sue.

“FRSC has 120 lawyers and I would recruit more next year; The level of violent reactions in this country is alarming.”

“We have noticed the rising incidents of traffic light violations and so, we are going to increase the minimum fine to N50,000 from N4,000. Offenders would also undergo an emotional psychological test at the hospital to determine if you are fit to drive.”

Oyeyemi, condemned in strong term a situation where people would veer their anger on officers of the FRSC and personnel of other paramilitary agencies and violently attacked them.

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