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Sincere 9gerian: Just imagine the lightening speed with which this thread was moved to the GENERAL SECTION. Meanwhile, other similar threads complaining about happenings in the politics section had been on the politics section board all through the day.

Yet these are the same people that whin all day about happenings in the country but the very little responsibility of moderating an online forum cant be discharged justly and fairly.

The National Council on Privatisation has said that 20,304 out persons of the 40,000 staff of Power Holding Company of Nigeria have so far been cleared and paid their severance benefits.

In a statement issued by Chigbo Anichebe, Head, Public Communications of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, the council said N119. 2 billion was used to pay the workers up to Friday, Aug. 16.

It stated that the privatisation process of the power sector was on course with the payment of severance benefit to former workers.

It stated that “in line with the agreement reached with Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) and labour unions dated Dec. 12, 2012, the Federal Government commenced payment of benefits due to the staff on Aug. 1.

“As at Friday, Aug. 16, a total of 20,304 of the 40,000 staff of PHCN have so far been cleared and paid their severance benefits.

“The payment is being handled by the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF),” it stated.

The workers are being layed off as part of the privatisation process of the PHCN subsidiaries.

(NAN)

Yungwizzzy: they could not afford #92billion where did they get #400billion from??

PureNigerian: What is your point.
El-rufai performed credibly well as BPE boss and as Minister of Abuja.
Was he the president?

eye4eye: Not welcome at the whitehouse in Washington DC because of corruption in Nigeria. Obama will talk to him on the sideline at UN in New York for few minutes.

The Lagos State Government is yet to react to the claim.

A former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, has confirmed the news making the rounds earlier on Tuesday his Ikoyi, Lagos residence was sealed by officials of Lagos State government.

Speaking with PREMIUM TIMES from Washington, Mr. Kalu, through an aide, Emenike Ojukwu, said workers at the residence called to say the apartment had been sealed.

“We don’t know why they sealed it. The house has been empty for three years. We’ve not heard from them why they should decide to seal a house that has been there for 15 years.”

Mr. Ojukwu, however, claimed the sealing of the property is not unconnected to an article written by Mr. Kalu in the wake of the “deportation” of some Igbo indigenes to Onitsha by the Lagos State government.

“There’s no other reason than because Mr. Kalu told Fashola not to deport people from Lagos State. He’s not the owner of Lagos State. Lagos does not belong to him,” he said.

In the article titled: “Deportation: Fashola got it wrong” published in Mr. Kalu’s The Sun newspapers, the former governor criticise the Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola, for the “deportation” of 67 people of Igbo extraction. He described it as “dehumanising and demeaning.” Mr. Kalu also said the “deportation” was callous, degrading, and an affront on the sensibility of all Igbo.”

He promised to take the Lagos State government to court if it does not “show remorse, confess and own up to their sin and ask God for forgiveness, promising to go and sin no more. Failure to do so, I will be compelled to seek redress to court.”

PREMIUM TIMES could not get Lagos State Government’s side of the story. The state Commissioner for Information, Lateef Ibirogba, did not answer several calls and text message sent to his mobile phone.

take dat: If his rebuttals are well deserved, he shouldn't be angry with those who also unleash their bombastic prowess against the Presidency. Its a universal principle that if an adult notices some younger, or rather foolish individual acting stupid, the presumed wiser adult is supposed to ignore whatever intention the person had in acting thus and do what is right to show the foolish person the way. But since Abati prefers the Oshodi-Mushin Markets Polygamous rivalry, constantly taunting eachother in a very bitter connubial rivalry, he must not be angry if critics call the President foolish or unserious-minded.

israel007: Yea NAIA, Abuja is really clean. Whoever says GEJ hasn't worked or isn't working should be subject to psychiatric evaluation.


GEJ 2015.

Let the good work speak!

Op keep it coming. I owe you a plate of beer and a bottle of isi-ewu

pDude: Shey i resemble Goodluck Jonathan?

take dat: Even if critics use harsh words against the President, it is incumbent on Abati not to reply in kind because he is not speaking for himself but for an institution. He has relegated the office of the President with articles barely reflected of Presidential restraint. He should carry on with the fire-for-fire strategy with critics since they run a kindergarten presidency.

take dat: Why is Abati angry? Are we not aware of his propensity to resort to the use of foul language against the critics of President Jonathan? "Collective children of anger, Medieval era Ignoramus, Sophisticated Ignorance, habitual indolence and brainlessness etc." Abati should watch his own vitriol, those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

pDude: Good. They have been remodelled.

What about the staff of the various airports? Have their characters and practices been remodelled?

Let us see what becomes of these structures 4 years from today. A decorated pig is still a pig.

HAH: Note that the airport road and kubwa road construction was awarded by the Yaradua Governmentm

Delafruita: elrufai was a qualified quantity surveyor before entering public service.let me repeat that again... QUANTITY SURVEYOR..with a booming practise.i suggest you seek out what an average quantity surveyor earns then compare with highly placed one like elrufia then you'd have a good idea.for your information,his firm is still very much active