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Bayelsa United players barricade Government House, over unpaid wages
Bayelsa players barricade Govt House, over unpaid wages

Posted: 2011-05-10 06:58

Players of former league champions Bayelsa United staged a peaceful march to the Government House in Yenagoa to demand payment of outstanding wages dating over two years.

The players have been on strike for the past week and last weekend, boycotted their State FA Cup final against rivals Ocean Boys in protest at their unpaid emoluments.

On Monday, they took their protest a step further by barricading the entrance to Government House in Yenagoa where they demanded audience with the governor.

Among their grievances are unpaid sign-on fees for the past two seasons, plus 58 match bonuses for the same period, including their continental exertions.

Defender Jerome Ezoba told KickOffNigeria.com that the players could no longer stomach the injustice
"Personally, I am owed nearly nine million naira," he said. "How are we expected to live? Even the player who died while playing for us, his family have not been given anything, and nothing has been given to the family of Emma Ogoli who went to Ocean Boys where he also died.

"They are both being owed a lot of money."

Goalkeeper Emmanuel Fabiyi described the situation as inhuman.

“We are here at the Government House to protest the inhuman treatment given to us. For almost four seasons, no payment of sign-off fees and we are being owed over 50 match bonuses. The management has not helped our matter at all,” Fabiyi said.

League moved again

Posted: 2011-05-07 13:16

Days after announcing May 7 as the resumption date of the Nigeria Premier League, officials have again announced a change.

Instead of May 7, the domestic campaign will now kick off four days later, on May 11.

"The NFF wrote to us to request a change to accommodate the State Federation Cup finals," Acting Executive Secretary Tunji Babalola says.

The Lagos State Government has indicated that the turning of the sod on the Lekki International Airport will hold before the end of year 2012.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Commerce and Industry, Sola Oworu, stated this during a press conference. Explaining that the project will be undertaken as a joint venture under the Private- Public Sector Partnership, Oworu stated that the financing of the project is being worked out as a prelude to soliciting for an expression of interest.

"It is expected that this could be put together within 12-18 months maximum," she said. "After which we expect to see the turning of the sod on the project." She said as a commercially viable proposition, the role of the state government will be to create the enabling environment for the take off of the project while private funding will execute it.

The airport is estimated to cost $650 million and designed to handle 5 million passengers annually, as has been approved by the Federal Ministry of Aviation with the topographical and geo-technical survey being undertaken.

The PIB aims to make NNPC run like a private for profit organization. . .That bill will be passed into law this yr

davmor:
the overpaid issue here, I think is levels.
they footballers that are overpaid actually got goodluck from Almighty and we cannot stop the glory to God from their performances and what they get to got.
So lets thank God from them men its not easy to be blessed.
They live in pain once and now they live fine. lets praise the Lord for it.
One love 2all.

A decision to form the commission was taken at a meeting of the national caucus meeting of the ACN in Abuja on May 1.
SWERDCO will perform functions similar to those of Oduduwa Investments Company Limited, a conglomerate that oversees the investments of the old Western Region inherited by all south-west states except Lagos.

However, unlike Oduduwa, a source close to the meeting said SWERDCO would not dabble into investment initiatives that would incur debts for member-states.

Rather, it will focus on stimulating development initiatives for the collective good of the region and its people. According to the source, the meeting which began on May 1 ran into the early hours of May 2, during which the party leaders and governors discussed the need for regional integration that would provoke vast and even development across the region.

He said all the governors elected on the platform of the party and other national members of the party, including its chairman, Chief Bisi Akande and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, attended the meeting.

He said the governors bought into the idea and agreed to work on the establishment of the commission after their inauguration on May 29.

Also in attendance at the meeting was the presidential candidate of the party in the just concluded presidential election, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.
At the meeting, Ribadu informed party members of his intention to take up his UN job on anti-corruption in Afghanistan.
He bade the party goodbye and sort their permission to return to his UN job, which he held before returning to the country to run for the presidency.

He expressed satisfaction that the leadership of the party stood by him during the election and thanked them for their support.
Among the foremost tasks to be performed by the commission will be in the area of infrastructure development, including railway and road construction, and agriculture services to increase food production and facilitate the establishment of agro-allied industries.

Others areas will be in the area of commercial and social services such as provision of potable water, specialist hospitals, independent power projects, and ensuring the judicious utilisation of water under the control of the river basin authorities in the region.

THISDAY gathered that an initial position paper on the development initiative was put together by a team comprising some former commissioners in Tinubu’s cabinet, bankers and some Nigerians in Diaspora.

blacksta:
We have heard that one before  - congratulatory message my a s s -   Give him a couple of days when reality hits home  = maybe when he reports to the office on monday and  it dawns that benefits of the Governor will come to end in less than 20 days  - My man will hit tribunal straight.

“Two most important legacies, among other legacies, I want to leave to Imo State are democracy and peace. As a democrat, I allowed the process to go on, in spite of overwhelming contentious issues. As a lover of peace, I called for calm and rejected violence.

dammiedex:
Hello House,have read through all the past interviews and stuffs,just wanna ask a question cos am  set to send my I-20,firstly finished my secondary school 2007 and went for my ND in 2008-2010 but unfortunately my school result is yet to be approved and also did my Cisco certification i.e (hardware and software) and CCNA and yet to get the certificates cos am yet to finish the exams but i have a Diploma in Computer Engineering from a local computer College 2008 and i need to send my application packet back to SMSU for my I-20 to be sent for quick embassy booking please i need your advice am just 20yrs cos i read the thread and i dont wanna create more problem for myself at the embassy.
Thanks and looking forward to your response

marjo:
I am an HR professional and have been wondering seriously about these project mgt certifications - they seem to be the "in-thing". what do you think of them given my career path. i am torn between just doing one of those certificate courses as against a full PMP certification. what do you think? and which organisation would you recommend. thanks

Lekki International Airport which is expected to commence operation in May 2012

Second, i think it's very shallow and unintelligent of you to think "who reads this review before visiting these clinics" attached below is what came out of a Google search using the phrase "My dad's doctor". The phrase is meant to be general and vague and from over 4.1 million results, this thread came tops, the same thread where people are asking for the name and date of birth of a doctor.

How many people do you suppose would visit "Ayanfunmi" for consultations after visiting this thread? Never mind that it matters not that the doctor's name had not yet been revealed.

jaephoenix:
@olumde
Come,i wasn't talking 2 your lying behind .i wan t Outstrip 2 clarify her statement before i reply her.
Tell your story 2 d birds.when Seun's black behind is sued, u ll b d co-defendant

Lemo, however, pointed out that the limit was not total as those who wished to withdraw more than the stipulated amount could do so, but for a fee.

He said, “There is no way we can run an efficient economy if we don’t develop e-Payment transactions. We spend billions of naira every year on cash printing. [size=16pt]In fact, we spent over N34bn printing cash last year. We can’t continue to incur such costs.
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“Banks also spend too much time processing cash. This makes them to focus more on minor functions at the expense of major ones. Banking is not about processing cash. Let them do proper intermediation by ensuring that the bulk of their transactions are more efficient and cost-effective.”

He disclosed that the apex bank had already put in place measures to match the ATM deployment of Mexico by deploying over 100,000 Point of Sales terminals by 2012.

“By 2015, we hope to be where Brazil is by deploying additional 350,000 PoS terminals. Remember that we are also making it biometric so that everyone, including those who cannot read and write, will be covered,” he added.

The deputy governor, however, noted that the CBN was only announcing a policy that would start next year, adding that “you have to guide and manage the industry such that the needed infrastructure will be put in place to ensure a smooth take-off.”

He said that the CBN, in collaboration with the banks, had set up a committee to ensure error-free, end-to-end e-Payment transactions.

Deep Sight:
Thank you joor.

Can you imagine the Policy? ? ? If I want to withdraw N1 Million I will have to pay 85k as penalties!

Gosh!

PhysicsMHD:
More of the so-called grasslands/grazing areas in Sokoto:

How can raising livestock be a major occupation in a state when your land looks like it's in a state of permanent drought?

FACE:
Just wanted to point out that the IGR of Rivers State (71B) is far greater than Sokoto's (34 B) and only second to Lagos. People should make an effort to look at the chart they are quoting.

Ujujoan:
You know people criticize you to make you better.

You don't have all the information and it won't kill you to accept it and learn from people who do.

Anyways, wetin concern me . . . I'm outta here.    

port1976:
Good job,


My prayer and hope is that he will not drop the standard in his second term in office.
This guy philosophy is social welfarism, which is distinct from Fashola capitlist-welfarism. Both of them are the stars of the Nigeria democracy. Two goods guys with different approach to solve infrastructure rot in Nigeria. My only worry is  what Rotimi Amachei is doing in PDP?

Sagamite:
No, we can't.

You you have a source and name of university?

Abdulfattah Ahmed (Kwara)
BSc Chemistry (Unilorin)
Highest occupational achievement: Senior Manager, Banking (GTB)
PDP

The foremost rating agency also assigned the state’s upcoming N17 billion Fixed Rate Semi-Annual Redeemable Bonds 2009/2014 (Series 1), Long-term local currency “B+” and National Long-term “AA-(nga)” ratings.

Fitch said the ratings reflect Kwara State good budgetary performance and growing investment in infrastructure to develop the local economy.
The ratings also take into account the state’s prudent budget management, which together with gradually increasing tax autonomy is set to help the state to mitigate decline in revenue accruing to it from the Federal allocation, due to decline in crude oil prices.