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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru

ABUJA—BARRING any last minutes change, the organized labour has threatened to embark on a nationwide protest over the inability of the Federal to settle its differences with the four university-based unions that led to the shutting down of public universities.

Recall that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU withdrew their services on February 14 and a few weeks after, the other three unions in the universities also proceeded on strike to press home their demands.

The three unions are the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU and the National Association of Academic Technologists., NAAT.

Arising from its National Executive Council, NEC, meeting on Thursday, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, resolved to embark on a nationwide strike in the next two weeks over the alleged adamant of the government to resolve its face-off with the university unions.

A source privy to the meeting told Vanguard that Congress also resolved that after the protest rally if the government failed to resolve the crisis, it would embarked on a three-day warning strike that would also culminate in a total strike.

Already the four university-based unions have agreed to meet today (Friday) to take a common position on the ongoing strike.

In his opening remarks at NEC, the NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba said, the one-day nationwide protest would be to compel the Federal Government to resolve issues with the unions in the education sector immediately.

Wabba expressed sadness over the continued closure of the country’s tertiary institutions due to unresolved labour disputes between the Federal Government and unions in the sector.

He recalled that in the last decision, Congress went to the extent of writing to President Muhammadu Buhari and gave a 21-day notice for them to converge a very high-powered meeting.

“We demanded that the meeting should be chaired either by the Secretary of Government of the Federation (SGF) or the Chief of Staff to the President, for this issue to be resolved once and for all.

“That meeting was called, but from the reports that I have been receiving from all the unions in the education sector, we have found out that progress has not been made.

“The timeline of three weeks that was given to that committees for all reports to be turned in and for government to be able to make the decision, that has not taken place, ’’he added.

The NLC president, however, alleged that there was reluctance by the Federal Government in addressing the issues.

He said:“Therefore, Central Working Committee has decided that there will be a one-day national protest.

“This is to call the attention of the government to resolve the issue immediately.

“We have also asked all our affiliates by the next one week to issue statements,” he said.

He said the decision to embark on the one-day national protest was imperative as children of the poor have continued to remain at home.

He also said that Central Working Committee had observed that there was an increase in terms of social vices, which would be traced to the fact that those children had been at home for months and many problems had been made.

Wabba however, also condemned the lingering scarcity of fuel and the long queues across the country.

According to him, it is pathetic that Nigeria has not availed itself of the rich endowment of oil resources by continuing to depend on imported petroleum products for local consumption.

Wabba said that the situation has brought about dire consequences on productivity, economy, and wellbeing of the citizens.

“For instance, diesel is now selling at more than N800 per liter. It is unfortunate that Nigeria despite being a major oil-producing country has continued to fail to refine her own crude oil.

“The result of this, is the net total of 100 percent importation of refined petroleum product are brought into Nigeria.

“The consequence is the heavy hemorrhage of our national coffers especially given our most important challenged which has also brought about the long queues in almost all the filling stations, ’’he said.

He also noted that the situation had affected the purchasing power of many Nigerians and had brought hardship on many businesses to a halt due to many businesses were been run on the generator.

Wabba added that the only way out of this issue is to end the discussion on whether there is a subsidy or not but for us to refine the product for domestic use.

He further condemned the recent sack of over 3000 teachers by Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State.

Meanwhile, the sub-committees set up by the government on renegotiation and payment platforms that were expected to submit their reports before Wednesday were unable to do so.

It will be recalled that the Minister of Labour and Employment Senator Chris Ngige had said that the committees were expected to submit their reports before Wednesday for onward transmission to President Muhammadu Buhari.

The inter-ministerial departments and agencies committees of the Federal Government, including the Federal Ministry of Education, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Budget Office of the Federation, National Salaries, Incomes, and Wages Commission (NSIWC), the Federal Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), had met on Thursday last week to assess the progress made so far on addressing the demands of the striking university workers.

The demands include the contentions on the payment platform and the renegotiation of the conditions of service by the unions.

The committees are reporting to the Office of the Chief of Staff to the President and the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment.

The two committees were empanelled by the Honourable Minister and the Chief of Staff to the President at the last tripartite plus meetings of the unions and the government side.

The Minister of Labour and Employment had in a statement on Sunday said that the meeting which had in attendance all the stakeholders reported on the various assignments given to them and accordingly, received further briefing and directives from the President in order to accelerate discussions with ASUU.

He said, “It is hoped that before Wednesday this week, all the various sub-committees will turn in their reports, to enable Mr. President to be briefed fully and for decisions to be taken on the contentious payment platform and the renegotiation of the conditions of service, especially the issue of wage increase.

“It is after receiving briefings from the government side that the Ministry of Labour will bring all the stakeholders, including the unions, to a conference table to look at the agreement before signing or endorsement.”

Vanguard reliably gathered that NITDA was yet to submit its report on the outcome of the integrity tests conducted on the University Transparency Accountability Solution, UTAS, which is the payment platform proposed by ASUU and the University Peculiar Personnel and Payroll System, U3PS, proposed by SSANU and NASU.

As a result of the alleged challenges faced by the university workers through the use of the IPPIS in the payment of their salaries and allowances, the three unions came up with the proposed payment platforms to address their peculiarities.

Russia’s Baltic Fleet has reportedly launched live-fire exercises in the Kaliningrad Region with an estimated 1,000 servicemen and over 100 units of military hardware taking part.

Russia’s Baltic Fleet has launched the alleged exercises following escalating tensions with Lithuania due to a blockade of Russian transit cargo.

“About 1,000 servicemen and over 100 units of combat and special equipment of artillery and missile units will take part in the maneuvers in the Kaliningrad region,” stated the report according to Crimea news.

The firing exercises will reportedly be carried out by artillerymen using “Grad and Uragan multiple rocket launchers,Hyacinth large-calibre guns, Msta-S, Acacia dn Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems.”

The news follows Russia threatening to revoke the recognition of Lithuania as an EU state due to the blockade in the Kaliningrad region, as stated by the Chairman of the Provisional Commission of the Federation Council on Protection of State Sovereignty and Prevention of Interference in Russia’s Internal Affairs, Senator Andrei Klimov, on Monday, June, 20.

Speaking on Russia’s threat to revoke recognition of Lithuania as an EU member state, the Senator stated:

“The European Union, if it does not immediately correct the insolent prank of Vilnius, will itself disavow for us the legitimacy of all documents on Lithuania’s membership in the EU and untie its hands to solve the Kaliningrad transit problem created by Lithuania by any means we choose.”

In one of Vladimir Putin's most substantial addresses since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February, the Russian President used his nation's pre-eminent investment conference as an opportunity to lash out against his Western enemies.

Key points:
In a lengthy speech, Mr Putin accused the West of denying Russia its sovereign rights

He said Russia's economy remained strong despite Western sanctions

The Russian President also vehemently defended his country's actions in Ukraine

After a lengthy denunciation of countries that he claims want to weaken the Russian state with "reckless and insane" sanctions, President Putin used the stage at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum to lambaste the United States.

"[The United States] declared victory in the Cold War and later came to think of themselves as God's own messengers on planet Earth," he said.

In his 73-minute speech, he also said Russia was taking its place in a New World Order in which rules would be set by "strong and sovereign states".

After sending troops into Ukraine in February, Russia came under a wide array of international sanctions, with hundreds of foreign companies also suspending operations or pulling out of the country entirely.

But Mr Putin said these attempts to damage the Russian economy "didn't work".

"Russian enterprises and government authorities worked in a composed and professional manner," he said.

"We're normalising the economic situation. We stabilised the financial markets, the banking system, the trade system."

While Russia's projected inflation rate has fallen marginally, Mr Putin conceded that the current projected annual rate of 16.7 per cent is still too high.


Mr Putin also vehemently defended his country's actions in Ukraine, as Russia has contended that its neighbour posed a threat due its desire to join the NATO military alliance.

"In the current situation, against a backdrop of soaring risks and threats, Russia's decision to conduct a special military operation was a forced one," the Russian leader said, using his administration's preferred term for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

"It was very hard to make it, but it was forced and necessary. It was a decision by a sovereign country that has an unconditional right, based on the UN Charter, to defend its security."

Despite a protracted military operation and mounting with casualties after more than 16 weeks of fighting, Mr Putin predicted Russia would ultimately be successful in Ukraine.


"This is predetermined by the courage and heroism of our warriors, the consolidation of Russian society, whose support gives strength and confidence to Russia's army and navy, the profound understanding of the rightness and historic justice of our cause."

'Quasi-state territories'
Regarding the territories that Russian forces have already managed to capture, including the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, Mr Putin said Russia "will accept any of the choices" made by those entities.


There has been consistent speculation that the separatist territories will hold votes on joining Russia, similar to when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.

Separatist leaders of the two areas have already expressed the desire for such a referendum.

Russia recognised the two areas as independent states days before sending troops to Ukraine, a move none of its allies have so far repeated.

Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who sat on the stage alongside Mr Putin at the St Petersburg forum on Friday, said the Central Asian nation is unlikely to do so and called the self-proclaimed republics "quasi-state territories".

The fighting in Ukraine has raised fears of a global food crisis because it has interrupted exports, particularly of grain.

Mr Putin said Russia could "significantly increase its export of food and fertiliser" but expressed concern that Ukraine might use income from exports to pay for weapons it has received from other countries.



ABC/AP

BritishNaija:


Enjoy that read. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/captain-sunk-russian-warship-moskva-100437596.html

BritishNaija:


No one died? Were you the captain of the ship?

immortalcrown:
Chei!
With all the features, the ship was sunk?
510 people gone?

fantasticone1:
Most African countries were absent

sanpipita:


Death to Russia

After months and weeks of speculations, former governor of Edo State and former National of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole Monday declared to contest election into the Senate to represent Edo North Senatorial District.
He made the declaration when he marked his 70th birthday at his Iyamoh residence in Etsako West local government area which had several leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in attendance.

Oshiomhole said he chose to celebrate his birthday with his people because he was conscious of his origin as a nobody, given birth to under a tree by his mother but destined by God to be what he is today.

He said “It is true that for quite sometimes, many of our people have asked me why don’t you contest for the Senate and I said first APC has crisis, let us fix the crisis, let there be convention because you cannot begin to discuss what kind of baby you are going to have when you are not married.

“I said until APC is fixed you cannot talk of contesting election using the platform, have been chairman of the party, I know the danger we face if we are not able to fix the party and this was completed and consummated on the 25th of March and we have now elected a brand new National Working Committee and a brand new National Executive Council under the able leadership of a former governor, a former minister and a current senator, Adamu Abdullahi.

“We have done what needs to be done and I am inspired by the position of the new leadership for us to do what we need to do to retain power in 2023. I am therefore convinced that this is the time to proceed to the next step of the conversation which is about who lead the great people of Edo North in the senate by 2023.

“After all consultations, you must be convinced that you can do it and improve on it. These times that people have been asking me, I have also been examining myself because I do not want to go to the senate and sit down, listen to motions and collect salary at the end of the month.

“I do not believe that I need to go to the senate to take a sabbatical to take a rest because that is an important institution where men and women are elected by their people to contribute to affairs that affect their people, how funds are allocated and to ensure that the people of Nigeria have value for their resources and money.

“We lay more emphasis on the rotation of people, I am more concerned about even development, I have made it clear before as president of the NLC that democracy means that the leaders must listen to the people and if he deviates from that, the people have the right to interrogate the leader, if I did that as ordinary Nigerian I believe that as a senator, your interest cannot be ignored in the red chamber in Abuja.

“By my antecedent, I am a believer that this country has come to stay and our business is not to lament the imperfections but dedicate ourselves to the challenge of fixing the nation so that we can create a nation where every citizen will have a basis to be proud that he is a Nigerian. With your mandate, if I get to the senate I will do that”.

He said the idea of empowerment should be redefined from the tokenism that is given to constituents to ensuring that the infrastructure needed is built for the people to express themselves “because our people are not lazy.

“Our leaders from the six local government areas have gathered here today to say I should contest and I believe that with your support, we will get there.”

Elvictor:


I thought the world is against Russia, oh, I forget, the international community is just US and UK and their lapdogs in EU.

Oh, sorry.

Jondelng:


It’s not possible.
As much as the US needs saudi oil, they have plenty. Have u heard of fracking? Go and google it and see how much oil US get as reserves, even UK sef

God1000:
other countries have them as well

God1000:
without nukes, Russia doesn't stand a chance in a conventional war with its neighbours

InoGetJoy:

Russia never had any plans of invading Ukraine UNLESS Ukraine joins NATO.

US keeps saying Russia wants to invade, and they keep giving dates but those dates come and nothing happens and they choose another date.

There has always been soldiers at the Russian/Ukrainian border, which is normal for every country.

Russia fears no sanctions. The west has been slapping Russia with sanctions for eons but Russia has been surviving. Right now, any further sanctions against Russia is a waste of time; Russia already had trade partnership with many European countries all the way to Germany for their gas, and China for military alliance.

Ukraine and Russia are genetically same people. They have same language, same customs. This dichotomy you people are seeing between Russia and Ukraine, the people in these countries don't actually see it.

I hope you know about the Cuban missile crisis? The exact same thing the US has been bitching about is what led to that crisis, except that in this case Ukraine is right on Russian border while Cuba is a distance from the US mainland.


Lastly, I would advise you get your news and info from neutral news agencies. My eyes opened when I stopped getting news from CNN, BBC, fox news etc. Funny enough, these 3 news agencies are owned by the same company.

Have you ever wondered why the Russians are always portrayed as the enemy in Hollywood movies? I'll leave you to do that research for yourself.
Shalom

NASTYNASOSO:


HMMMMMMMMM

YOU JUST NEED RO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND NU THE WORD MONOPOLY?
WHO CREATES MONOPOLY FOR WHOM.
CONTINUE TO THINK LIKE A DAFT PRE COLONIAL ZOOMBIE.
AT YOUR AGE DANGOTE HAS CREATED CONTENT AND JOBS NOT FEELING SORRY FOR HIMSELF ON NAIRA LAND DISSING SELF CONFUSED LAZY YOUTH

ps3o:

Thank you so much!

abnot:

Contrary to your comment most international carriers want to operate into Nigeria. Nigerian route is very profitable as we pay a lot to travel compared to other African countries. This is partly because we have no flag/national carrier and thus almost every foreign carrier operates as a monopoly on the Nigerian route as the BASA’s with Nigeria are one sided .

SegFault:

The whole Nigeria lives in Lagos and Abuja.

ps3o:
But they should list centres that people can register their NIN for

Aderr:
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Dreambeat:
The world will not come to the rescue of Suu kyi this time around. She already don shit for church.