SignalNG1: December 23, 2015 The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said on Wednesday that the Nigerian military had met the December deadline to defeat the Boko Haram terrorists.
The minister said this during his maiden meeting with editorial heads of media houses in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Mohammadu Buhari had, upon assuming office, issued a December 31 deadline to the military to defeat the Boko Haram terrorists.
“Today, I can report that the war against Boko Haram is largely won.
“I can confidently say this because just recently, I led a group of 33 journalists from both the local and international media to the hot bed of the insurgency, that is, Maiduguri, Kondugua, Kaoure and Bama.
“Today, I can report to you that the entire 70 plus kilometres stretch from Maiduguri to Bama and all the way to Banki which leads to Cameroun and the Central African Republic are in the hands of our gallant troops.”
He said the military presence could be felt ”every few metres along the road; at a point along that road we were just a kilometre to Sambisa forest.
“They have so degraded the capacity of Boko Haram that the terrorists can no longer hold on to any territory just as they can no longer carry out any spectacular attack.”
Mohammed, however, said that though there were still cases of suicide bombings, it was pertinent to note that such was the nature if insurgency globally.
“Unlike a war between two armies, an insurgency never ends with arms victory
“Even in countries like Colombia where insurgency was supposed to have ended decades ago, attacks like this still happen.”
He said that the insurgents had adopted a new style of attacking soft targets like motor parks, schools, entertainment centres, religious centres, killing innocent people mostly women and children.
He, therefore, urged Nigerians to support the military in the fight against terrorism in the country, saying that the military had availed itself creditably.
“It is our turn as civilians to give them our support; to realise that the war they are fighting is not their war alone, but our war, hence we must own the war.”
The minister disclosed that a national security campaign had commenced to raise awareness among Nigerians about the war, the sacrifices of our troops, and how to stamp out the remnant of the war.
“Jingles are being played on national radio and television as part of the campaign in order to keep the media better informed about the war, so that they can also better inform Nigerians,’’ he said.
Mohammed also said that an ad-hoc committee, comprising media representatives as well as intelligence agencies, would be inaugurated to regularly be updated about the war in order to better inform the public. (NAN)
RickandMorty: What about this guy below that has first hand experience? what would you like to critique about his experience? Amen.
First of all, thanks for acknowledging that you have NO direct personal experience of the things you claim exist. Secondly, even the quoted post does not say he had direct personal experience. It is dem say dem say also.
Happy new year... This may sound fake but it is 100% true... 2016 towards January ending was so horrible in Agbor, Delta state... over 16 girls lost their precious life to some people called Malaysian boys... Margot all over their private parts... I would have considered it a false rumor if my friends cousin wasn't involved before her burial.. according to their tradition, You can't bury a youth without knowing the cause of his/her death.. it was revealed that he was used for ritual. Yahoo +, is just a ritual to hypnotize clients... May God help us
People can be hypnotised. That is what magicians do, largely. The issue is whether yahoo + is real and can give you SUSTAINABLE wealth. Religion and superstition killing us softly in Africa.
Royal2010: BILL Gates took the world by storm when in 1985, his company, Microsoft, introduced Windows, an operating system compatible with all personal computer software products developed on the MS-DOS system. It was a grand breakthrough which not only profited Gates and his company, but also benefited most PC users. Leveraging on the success of Windows, Gates, in 1986, took Microsoft public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of $21 per share. With his 45 per cent of the company’s 24.7 million shares, he became a multi-millionaire at the age of 31. A year later, he became a billionaire when Microsoft’s stock rose to $90.75 a share. In 1999, with stock prices at an all time high, Gates’ net-worth rose to $101 billion.
But Gates has proved that money does not make a man but that rather it is what man makes with money that makes him. Though programming and money brought him to the world stage, it is his eagerness to lend a hand and his heart to the vulnerable that has made him a world citizen. He is immensely wealthy and has everything money can buy, yet he closely associates with those who have nothing and is prepared to share his all with them. He goes out of his way to ensure the comfort of those who have no chance whatsoever of reciprocating his good gesture. He and his wife, Melinda, have decided to give out 95 per cent of their means to charity through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Nigeria has benefitted tremendously from this deed.
One of the issues that have attracted the attention of Gates is polio eradication. He has demonstrated unwavering commitment to see Nigeria exit the group of polio endemic countries more than any Nigerian dead or alive. He even has more information than Nigerian leaders about areas in the country where the war against polio is being lost. In a newspaper interview earlier in the year, he said, “We have some local governments that are still not as engaged in the activities as they should be. In fact, I’ll give the President, when I meet with him today (September 27, 2012), a list of those local governments, so that he can work with the governors to approve that.”
After meeting with Gates in New York, President Goodluck Jonathan returned to Nigeria and summoned governors of states still harbouring polio with a charge to stem the tide of polio in their domains. Similarly, the Presidential Task Force on Polio Eradication (PTFPE) was set up to advise and monitor polio eradication progress shortly after a meeting between Gates and President Jonathan in Abuja last year.
Gates has visited the country a number of times to sensitise the leaders to the need to put an end to the polio scourge. He even had to get the 36 state governors as well as the Federal Capital Territory minister to sign up to the Nigeria Immunization Challenge launched by his foundation earlier in the year. The Challenge set specific objectives that needed to be met during each quarter of 2012 with a view to freeing Nigerian children from the clutch of polio. The Challenge became necessary because although Nigeria made great progress in 2010, reducing polio by 95 per cent, it was not sustained in 2011, which resulted in the resurgence of the polio virus in the year with an increase in 2012. According to Global Polio Eradication Initiative in the latest edition of its Weekly Polio Update, Nigeria is the only country with ongoing transmission of all three serotypes.
As a motivation for the governors, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation stated that it would award every state that met all the necessary threshold criteria by the end of 2012 a $500,000 grant to support their top health priorities which could include priority initiatives in public health, such as malaria and tuberculosis, improving immunization, HIV prevention and treatment, or safe drinking water and hygiene promotion. In addition to the grant, the foundation promised that governors who achieved the goals would receive special recognition from Gates for their contribution to the elimination of polio. Winning governors would also be highlighted in his foundation’s communications, such as Gates’ annual letter or the foundation’s annual report, social media materials and Gates’ public engagements globally.
Gates’ foundation also teamed up with Aliko Dangote Foundation to stop the spread of polio in Kano State. Under a four-year alliance, the foundations would provide funding, equipment and technical support to the Kano State government to strengthen polio immunisation.
Apart from committing billions of Naira to the polio eradication campaign in the country, Gates has provided leadership in the campaign, showing more concern about the spread of the debilitating but preventable disease in the country than those elected to govern the people.
But his altruistic activities in Nigeria are not restricted to polio eradication; he is also committed to caging malaria, which is said to kill at least 10 Nigerian children daily. He is determined to wrest Nigerian infants, children, and pregnant women from the jaws of death occasioned by malaria. Since he set it as his objective in 2007 to see to the eradication of malaria from the world in his lifetime, Gates has been working hard to actualise this goal.
He is motivated to join hands with others to fight malaria in Nigeria and other developing countries because he is aware of the direct contribution of malaria to poverty, losses in productivity and reduced school attendance. The Gates Foundation has been involved in the distribution of insecticide-treated bed nets and effective drugs in Nigeria. He is also involved in funding research on the development and delivery of new malaria drugs, particularly for treating acute malaria in at-risk populations such as; infants, young children, and pregnant women. To actualise the malaria eradication dream, his foundation is working on developing a safe, effective and affordable vaccine against malaria.
Recently, he promised to support the development of vaccines to fight tuberculosis with $220million over a period of five years. This has resulted in the development of six possible TB vaccines that are currently being tested.
Despite the direct intervention of his foundation in the eradication of polio and malaria and the stemming of other diseases, he also has donated $1.4billion to Global Funds to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in different countries of the world.
Just as he is committed to eradicating polio and malaria so is he resolute to boost agricultural production in the country.
Earlier in the year, he provided $12million for the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to improve yam production in Nigeria and Ghana. The project according to IITA would focus on increasing yields through better seed tuber supply and improving markets for the underground, edible tuber.
The multifaceted five-year effort is expected to double the incomes of three million small-holder farming families.
IITA said, “The initial focus of the project is on 200,000 smallholder farm families in Nigeria and Ghana, 90 per cent of whom cultivate less than two acres. A key priority is to ensure that affordable pest- and disease-free seed yams are available to farmers, along with storage and handling technologies that can reduce post-harvest loss.”
With the initiative, yam breeders would develop and widely disseminate new, higher-yielding, disease-resistant varieties.
In addition to that, he is also funding to the tune of $9.8m a research project into whether cereal crops can be genetically engineered with nitrogen-fixing bacteria. The essence is to create cereal crops that can access nitrogen from the air using symbiotic bacteria, reducing the need for expensive chemical fertiliser.
The focus of the investigation will be maize and the purpose of the intervention is to help small subsistence farmers.
But before we chose Gate, some Nigerians were considered for the Tribune Man of the Year alongside Bill Gates. . . .
The Gates’ edge is that through his intervention, he has been able to improve the wellbeing of many Nigerians. Without standing to gain anything, he has deployed his resources to uplift the average Nigerian. Quite a number of Nigerians are sleeping under insecticide-treated bed nets donated by Bill Gates, many are getting free anti-malaria drugs donated by him, many tuberculosis patients have access to free medical treatment through his intervention, many HIV/AIDS patients can easily access anti-retroviral drugs and the lives of many infants and their mothers have been saved from untimely death because of his input. Gates has also been able to galvanise the federal, state and local governments to take action concerning polio eradication. Very soon, the production of yam and maize would get a boost because of his commitment to increase food production and reduce poverty in the country.
If there is anyone who puts his resources and energy behind the desire for a better life for the majority in the country, it is Bill Gates. If there is a friend who will not stop at anything to put smiles on the faces of Nigeria’s poor, it is Bill Gates. This American has demonstrated his unequivocal affection for Nigeria; he even loves Nigeria more than many Nigerians. He is, therefore, our Man of the Year.
hedonistical: Lol. Linda Ikeji is far richer than the duo of PSquare.
Are you the accountant of the two both of them? Or do you work in the LIRS or FIRS and have seen their personal income TAX returns of the last three years or so
NeeKlaus: No wahala. Believe what you may. Computer age or not. I can't force you. You will experience it firsthand one day and no one will tell you to tweak your mindset by yourself.
Tell us of your own precise experience in this for us to critique it appropriately. Otherwise you should Meanwhile, have you heard of a woman called J.K. Rowling? Go and find out about her. Cheers
Nor be today dem start na. The Fulani owners of naijeriya have been intimidating southerners since the July 1966 counter-coup when a korofo soldier refused orders of the most senior Army officer then, a Yoruba man. Same way that General Oladipo Diya (ret'd) was prostrating and begging Major Hamza al-Mustapha to spare his life. Even General Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo (ret'd) was harassed with Sharia and almost assassinated hence he was given Kogbodoku nickname. So nor be today.
GavelSlam: There's nothing like Yahoo +. Of course you have superstitious Yahoo boys who out of ignorance such as that which you are exhibiting, would not mind to kill their loved ones. But all their spiritual activities cannot generate a farthing.
Thanks for stating it very clearly. Religion and superstition killing blacks since time immemorial.
agarawu23: if it will, then....... he is a dumb nigga who doesn't know how to use and control money. I will rather live in a bush of my own than pay millions of naira to one landlord annually in banana
Unfortunately, there are too many blacks like that hence we remain the worst race on earth with:
No education No research No invention No manufacturing No jobs
Always running to oyinbos to save us, in one form or another, including the useless yahoo yahoo and yahoo plus.
todaynewsreview: The bodies of at least 74 migrants have been washed ashore in western Libya, in the latest tragedy along the dangerous trafficking route to Europe. The Libyan Red Crescent posted photos of dozens of bodies in black and white bags lined up along the shore near the western city of Zawiya. A spokesman for the aid organisation said there were still bodies floating out at sea as the agency had no way of retrieving them. He said the migrants were all adults, mostly from sub-Saharan African countries, and all but three were men. The UN migration agency, the International Organisation of Migration (IOM), said the dinghy had set off on Saturday with 110 people on board. The agency said traffickers deliberately took the engines from the boat and then abandoned it to drift.
cescky: Shut Up hater Use you no 6 small His house in Ikeja alone will build etates for your whole LGA for your village and it's other villages... You spend all your life nairaland doing what I wonder...before the house was done they were pics all over the net...so all the 3 brothers went looking for a house in similitude...now which is easier to build or look think of that if you can cos they ain't broke like you
Make una come see this small boy wey dey call person hater oh. Which house in Ikeja will build ESTATES in a whole LGA Na who do you this thing? E no go better for that person walahi.
Justinlean02: Psquare put their multi-million naira mansion “ Square Ville ” in Ikeja up for sale. Paul and Peter Okoye of Psquare have put up their ‘Square Ville’ mansion for sale. A ‘For Sale’ sign post was spotted at the Squareville mansion located on Lola Holloway street, Omole Estate this morning in front of the property. Square Ville a twin building with a swimming pool, underground basement and other exotic features is reportedly up for sale at 320 Million Naira. The duo have many properties in Lekki Phase One, Banana Island, Atlanta Georgia and other locations. This act comes after their recent split as a group and makes perfect sence as they decide to pursue a solo career. Source: http://www.naijxclusive.com/square-ville-up-for-grab-psquare-puts-house-for-sale/
cescky: By a poor man's speech you will identify him..
You better throw this envy back into 2017...Linda is leaving a fake life kwa? Says who ? You Mr fbi?
Lol who pays tax you?...
Yes, I pay tax appropriately, as a law-abiding citizen of this potentially great country. Don't you pay Hatred must be what prompted the American authorities to throw Wesley Snipes and other tax-dodging celebrities in jail!
Actor Wesley Snipes headed to prison for tax evasion
No wonder Africans remain slaves to the oyinbos. Dying in the Sahara desert, being enslaved in Libya or dying in the Mediterranean Sea to reach Italy In the abundance of water the fool is thirsty.
EternalTruths: God is not an unjust being. It is either Igbos are given Biafra or Presidency based on their desire. I don't trust prophecies through the mouths of Afonjas.
Here we go again, another southerner engaging his fellow southerners in a dick-measuring contest of impotent tribal bigots who remain dominated and oppressed by united northerners, owners of naijeriya. Continue.
LionDeLeo: I think it is Fayose, the god of ipobs, that has been seeking Bubu's attention but to no avail. Tell the unchained mad dog to direct half of the effort he puts in seeking Bubu's attention to the governance of ekiti state.
Here we go again, another southerner engaging his fellow southerners in a dick-measuring contest of impotent tribal bigots who remain dominated and oppressed by united northerners, owners of naijeriya. Continue.
whitestar01: One day he will be dead and not even a cup of water from that pool will be given to him. Because of nothing he is no longer in good times with his own twin brother, so my people make we take life easy .
It is terrible that he may no longer be in good TERMS with his twin brother possibly due to money wahala.
coolh3ad: If Linda Ikeji owns a mansion in Banana island, why can't P-square own one??
Did you say Linda Ikeji? Another yeyebrity living a fake life of flaunting what they don't own while dodging TAXES that hard working people like you or your parents pay diligently? Abeg leave the fake girl o jare.
TunezMedia: According to Newsofthepeopleng, Linda Ikeji might soon be in a running battle with the Lagos Inland Revenue Service over an alleged tax evasion. It was learnt that the moves to track her down started about a month ago but all attempts by the agency were said to have been frustrated.
A source informed that at a time she was about to be served a notice of tax assessment, her father who was to receive the letter allegedly declined to do so. On the second occasion, the delivery man was turned back on the excuse that no individual known as Linda Ikeji was resident at the address.
The agency however got their way last week as she was served with video and photographic evidences at her new mansion in Banana Island. Newsofthepeopleng further reports that a source at the tax office revealed that checks conducted on her showed that she had only paid N4,000 as tax in the last six years.
At the moment the agency is said to be requesting for her tax assessment of personal income with a caveat that failure to do so may compel them to proceed to court for a criminal proceeding. A particular issue raised by a source was the withholding tax ought to have been paid to the state government on the N500m property she recently acquired in Lagos. It was also hinted that if she refuses to respond to the request of the inland revenue, the agency shall be forced to drag her to the court.
legendsmother: "Mischief makers are at their worst again. Like predatory locusts swarming on a bean farm, they have gathered to pierce at the jugular of Linda Ikeji, the celebrity blogger. No sooner did the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) swoop on Linda’s Banana Island home than her traducers march to town chanting victory songs. Too many of her readers are ecstatic about her recent ordeal in the hands of the FIRS.
According to a source in the FIRS, the celebrity blogger had been evading tax payment, which has amounted to the whooping sum of N75 Million. However, when asked about the purchase of the house, it was disclosed that Linda blatantly denied ownership of the N500 Million luxurious mansion which she allegedly purchased in 2015.
Linda’s denial of ownership of the edifice resonated as sweet melody to her detractors, many of whom she had consciously or unconsciously angered by persistent news of her professional and financial success. Foes of Linda are hauling invectives at her like lances claiming she is a big fraud who gloried in misleading the public about the ownership of the building and her actual financial status. Many of them are of the opinion that Linda should have simply come clean and make everyone understand that she is just a tenant in the building.
Linda’s critics are not ready to soft-pedal on her; they are vigorously attacking Linda every minute and condemning her for the way she openly bragged about the purchase of the building in 2015.
They keep referencing the fact that Linda took to her blog to post the exterior and interior pictures of the luxury apartment calling herself a ‘self-made woman’ and bragging afterwards: “I bought a two-storey luxury house in the exclusive Banana Island area of Ikoyi…and to be honest, I still can’t believe it. It’s everything I prayed my house would be. That’s me standing in front of my house. #ProudSelfMadeWoman.”
But while Linda’s detractors take her to the cleaners over her perceived fraudulence, close friends and associates of the celebrity blogger have risen to her defence. According to them, Linda’s detractors should let her be.
“Instead of attacking a career girl who worked her ass off to attain the greatest height in her chosen career, they should learn to appreciate her fortitude and grace. And if they can’t, let them go and bite a bullet,” said a very close friend of Linda. Indeed, Linda worked very hard to put herself and Nigeria on the world map; rabble rousers should go easy on her.
As you read, the FIRS has slammed Linda with a N75 million fine and the agency has initiated measures to prosecute her in a court of law. These are certainly not the best of times for Linda Ikeji but like they always say, behind every dark pall shines a silver lining."
All these superficial photo-ops that leave the core issues unaddressed should be denounced. Has Ambode fixed health clinics and hospitals in Lagos state, including Epe where he claims to be his home town
What is the performance record of Thief'nuibu cabal on health care for Lagos state in the past 16 years?
Beyond the paparazzi of photo-ops we know that the General Hospital in Epe, the original home constituency of Speaker Ikuforiji is in tatters and such a deplorable condition:
Beyond the physically deteriorating situation with many of the health facilities, the working conditions for the doctors, nurses, pharmacists, lab technicians etc is nothing to write home about hence regular strikes. However our excellent governor's reaction is to sack them and ferry his sick father abroad for treatment:
Since Fashola spuriously claims he sacked the doctors to protect public interest, we should ask: If the governor is to protect the people, why did he send his own father abroad for treatment? Why are the necessary medical equipment not available in Lagos hospitals since we have medical experts that can treat his father here? "Why has he resorted to the use of incompetent 'referral doctors' who are being enticed with a wage twice what they ought to have been paid if they are in regular employment? CONMESS fully, according to the Lagos NMA, would cause just additional N33.5 million monthly, compared to its looting spree to line private hands and profiteers," the statement reads in part.
Why should we entrust ourselves to these LOOTocrats who have failed woefully to deliver on their promise to Lagosians these past 16 years?
- How many doctors, nurses, pharmacists, lab technicians, hospital administrators are recruited annually for a state whose IGR has increased over 53 times since 1999? - How many hospital beds and clinic consulting rooms plus equipment have been added despite annual budgets increased over 10 times since 2000?
We deserve much better than this bunch of Smooth Criminals have provided for 16 years of mismanagement and maladministration!
freeze001: Has Maina actually been fired? The president only ordered, has that order been carried out?
Good question. Maybe not yet fired oh. The man is still smiling to the bank, chopping the life of his head on top of dying pensioners whose money he stole.
#Mainagate: Maina Received His Salary And Treated At Least 20 Files In October After Buhari Ordered His Sack -Lawyer
Maina's Request For Reinstatement Was Work In Progress claims AGF Malami NOV 23, 2017
he Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami , Head of Service of Federation , Winifred Oyo-Ita , Minister of Interior , Abdulrahman Danbazzau and Acting Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission, Joseph Oluremi Akande have all denied their involvement in reinstatement of the former head of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina.
They made this denial while giving their statements under oath before the House of Representatives Adhoc Committee Investigative Hearing on the disappearance, reappearance, and promotion of Maina at National Assembly in Abuja.
Ratello: The confusion in the land is too real to be ignored. When Tunde Bakare was vouching for Buhari's competence and integrity where was God then for him to consult for proper direction on what or not to say? We all are watching..
Why do you want to stop at just watching? Why can't you go further by joining a political party to save your money and donate for its activities instead of WATCHING godfathers and area fathers invest their money and mobilise touts and thugs to vote in useless people to rule ruin YOUR life? Do you think that is a smart thing to do
lazygal: You are being sponsored for this as against 2019 ..not that iam in support of buhari .I do not wish to c him especially his two faced greedy materialist wife
You are a joker, seriously. You don't want to see him. You are not in support of him. Blah blah blah. So what are you doing to make sure you don't see him What Abeg shift make I see front. Sponsored ko, endorsed ni. You better stop being confused and stay focused on what YOU want. Shhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiooooooooorrrrrrrrrr!!!
Mavrick2012: complain complain complain. 3yrs down the line you guys are still complaining Jonathan. 1)if your Buhari was competent enough we, by now should have long passed this economic quagmire (remember how in less than 3 months Obama properly solved the "global economic meltdown caused by Bush? 2)its obvious you don't even know that global crude has increased from $40 to $70,how come we are yet to seen the effect on the life of the masses? Abi na gej cause am? 3)why are we still importanting pms? Why hasn't the refineries been repaired 3yrs after? Na gej cause am. Take note, i voted Buhari, but i refuse to play crass sentiment, Buhari is not good enough, PERIOD
Even Ebola Owu, his chief sponsor agrees completely with you.
citizenisb: Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says President Muhammadu Buhari may not do well in economy and foreign affairs, except in military matters.
“Buhari is not a very hot person on the economy and foreign affairs,” Obasanjo said.
The former President stated this on Monday at the third International Conference on African Development Issues — themed, “Driving inclusive and sustainable development in Africa: Models, methods and policies” — organised by Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State.
While reacting to a question posed to him by a member of the audience: “Is there any hope for Nigeria under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari?”, Obasanjo replied, “Is there any hope for Nigeria under this administration? I came back from Geneva, Switzerland a few days ago to attend a conference titled, ‘Are elections giving democracy a bad name?’ We had an election, we elected a leader and the good thing about democracy is that the power you have to elect a leader is also the power you have to remove him. I am saying this because I said earlier that if you don’t see any leader that has done well in the 56 years of Nigeria’s independence, then let us forget about Nigeria.
“I will tell you what I know and I will tell you what I don’t know. I know Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. He served under me in the military. His characteristics that I know, his behaviour that I know, he has not deviated from them. He was never a perfect man, he is not a perfect man and no leader can ever be a perfect man because they are human beings. But if you read my book, what I said about him is correct. He is not a hot person when it comes to economy. He is not a very hot person when it comes to foreign affairs. But he will do well in matters of military and he will do well in fighting Boko Haram.”
chngebeginwthme: OMG i know you will surely be here spamming NL with those pictures hahha...
Mind to tell us standard of living in 1999 and in 2015.. How much is the minimum wage in 1999 and 2015..
kech: Jonathan’s Gift to Workers: Minimum Wage Now N18,000 •New salary to be paid from August From Kunle Akogun and Damilola Oyedele in Abuja, 05.02.2010
A new pay package for Nigerian civil servants will be operational in three months, Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, has said. When operational, the least paid worker would go home with N18,000 at the end of every month as against the N7,500 minimum wage that presently obtains.
Jonathan while addressing workers on the occasion of the May Day celebration, pleaded with the civil servants to shelve their planned five-day warning strike scheduled to commence tomorrow, and assured them that the issues in dispute would be resolved within the next three months. He also disclosed that he had directed the Minister of Labour, Chief Chukwuemeka Wogu, to ensure that negotiations with the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council achieves the desired results within the next three months. “This important assignment of which I understand you are respectfully represented in the committee is nearing conclusion. The National Committee on Parameters for Wages in the public segment is also working assiduously to ensure that we have a mechanism that will make for adjustment on workers’ remuneration gradual.
KBrown: As I have stated on this page, I am committed to ensuring social justice and restoring the dignity of labour in Nigeria which is why I have signed into law the Minimum Wage Act which mandates every employer of labour to pay at least N18,000 per month to the least paid staff. We have to motivate to create wealth. We may have much or little but what little we have, must be shared more equitably. GEJ
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Again, Goodluck has shown his critics that he is a caring leader. Right from when he cancelled his trip abroad to parley with labour leaders to his attention towards almajiris to federal universities in every state to ongoing power plant projects and others too numerous to remember at once JUST WITHIN ONE YEAR, Goodluck has continued to show that he is the caring leader Nigerians yearn for. GEJ ALL THE WAY!
GEJ met about $48billion and depleted it to #29billion despite rise in crude oil price but your likes that are still pained from the 2015 election lost will be comparing the life of 1999 to 2017... I shake my head for your sense of thinking..
kech: Jonathan’s Gift to Workers: Minimum Wage Now N18,000 •New salary to be paid from August From Kunle Akogun and Damilola Oyedele in Abuja, 05.02.2010
A new pay package for Nigerian civil servants will be operational in three months, Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, has said. When operational, the least paid worker would go home with N18,000 at the end of every month as against the N7,500 minimum wage that presently obtains.
Jonathan while addressing workers on the occasion of the May Day celebration, pleaded with the civil servants to shelve their planned five-day warning strike scheduled to commence tomorrow, and assured them that the issues in dispute would be resolved within the next three months. He also disclosed that he had directed the Minister of Labour, Chief Chukwuemeka Wogu, to ensure that negotiations with the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council achieves the desired results within the next three months. “This important assignment of which I understand you are respectfully represented in the committee is nearing conclusion. The National Committee on Parameters for Wages in the public segment is also working assiduously to ensure that we have a mechanism that will make for adjustment on workers’ remuneration gradual.
KBrown: As I have stated on this page, I am committed to ensuring social justice and restoring the dignity of labour in Nigeria which is why I have signed into law the Minimum Wage Act which mandates every employer of labour to pay at least N18,000 per month to the least paid staff. We have to motivate to create wealth. We may have much or little but what little we have, must be shared more equitably. GEJ
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Again, Goodluck has shown his critics that he is a caring leader. Right from when he cancelled his trip abroad to parley with labour leaders to his attention towards almajiris to federal universities in every state to ongoing power plant projects and others too numerous to remember at once JUST WITHIN ONE YEAR, Goodluck has continued to show that he is the caring leader Nigerians yearn for. GEJ ALL THE WAY!
Politics › Re: Boko Haram Kills 5 Soldiers, 30 Go Missing In Yobe Attack by anonimi: 10:19am On Jan 02, 2018
