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This country is terrible. We know the problem but we can't solve the problems.

FG is mad. ASUU is crazy. Both of them nor we'll.

Hmmm

What about the presence of other security outfits like hizbullah and hunters in the north?

Hmmm
This problem between this administration and ASUU won't end anytime soon. I feel sorry for the Nigerian students.

My advise to the Nigerian students is that they should vote for leaders who will take their education seriously.

Following unresolved and prolonged industrial dispute between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and its employer, the federal government, the latter has filed an application dragging ASUU before the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN).

The move appeared to be the last resort to be employed by the federal government in a bid to end one of the longest strike actions embarked upon by Nigeria’s university lecturers.

Similarly, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and five university students have sued President Muhammadu Buhari before the National Industrial Court seeking an order to compel the federal government to honour the agreement it reached with ASUU.

SERAP and the students asked the court to order the government to implement forthwith the terms of the Renegotiated 2009 Agreement and the 2020 Memorandum of Action in order to put an end to the strike action and desist from further violation of the rights of the Nigerian students to quality education.

ASUU members have been on strike since February 14, 2022, and all negotiations avenue to end the strike proved abortive as the union insisted on the renegotiation of 2009 agreement, implementation of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS), earned allowance, among other demands that bordered on refurbishment of Nigerian universities.

In a letter addressed to the chief registrar of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, dated 8th September, 2022 seen yesterday, minister of labour and employment, Dr Chris Ngige, obliged the court to give the issue an accelerated hearing in order to bring the dispute to an end.


Dr Ngige said ASUU had refused to call off the action despite several apprehensions.

Citing Section 17 of the Trade Dispute Act, CAP. T8, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN), 2004), the minister added that the referral instrument is raised in line with powers vested on the minister of labour and employment by trade dispute resolution mechanisms.

The letter reads, “Dear chief registrar, Forwarding of a Referral Instrument in the Trade Dispute Between Federal Government /Federal Ministry of Education and the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Please find attached three (3) original copies of a Referral Instrument regarding the trade dispute between the Federal Government of Nigeria/Federal Ministry of Education and The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for adjudication by the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN).

“The referral instrument is raised in line with powers vested on the honourable Minister of Labour and Employment by trade dispute resolution mechanisms and the provision of Section 17 of the Trade Dispute Act, CAP. T8, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN), 2004). In view of the fact that ASUU members have been on strike since February 14, 2022, and have refused to call off the action despite apprehension of the same it would be appreciated if this dispute is given an accelerated hearing in order to bring the dispute to an end”, the letter added.

Other defendants in the SERAP suit, which is yet to be assigned to a judge, are the Minister of Labour, Employment and productivity, Dr Chris Ngige, and the attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN).

The applicants are also praying the court for an order mandating the defendants and their agents to immediately release and pay all the withheld and outstanding remunerations, salary, allowances and other emoluments both for the period and outside the period of the current strike action to all members of ASUU.

They are further urging the court for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants and their agents from unlawfully reneging, rescinding and/or refusing to implement the Renegotiated FGN-ASUU 2009 Agreement and the 2020 Memorandum.

The applicants also want a declaration that the refusal of the defendants to implement the terms of the FGN-ASUU Renegotiated 2009 Agreements and the 2020 Memorandum of Action which has occasioned the prolonged strike action is unlawful, inconsistent and incompatible with Nigeria’s human rights obligations and violates the students’ right to quality education.

They are further seeking a declaration that the acts of the defendants and their agents in withholding the remunerations of the members of ASUU for the period of the strike while at the same time paying members of sister staff unions is discriminatory and in violation of ASUU members’ right to freedom of association, right to strike and collective bargaining.

In an affidavit attached to the suit, the applicants argued that the disruption of classes undermines both the quality and duration of students’ education.

They also maintained that the situation has aggravated existing disparities in access to university education in the country, further marginalizing economically disadvantaged parents and students.

The applicants averred that the federal government has failed to respect, protect, promote and fulfil the right to quality education, and the right to freedom of association through the principle of collective bargaining.

ASUU Strike: Education Minister Blames Jonathan Govt For Crisis

They also submitted that, “Although Nigeria has ratified several human rights treaties, which guarantee the right to quality education of Nigerian students, the Federal Government has over the years refused to meet the demands by ASUU, and to address the poor environment in the country’s universities.

“The students who are co-claimants in the suit are Dongo Daniel Davou; Oyebode Joshua Babafemi; Ejie Kemkanma; Peter Itohowo Aniefiok; and Imam Naziru. They are students of Plateau State University, Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Port Harcourt, University of Uyo, and University of Ibadan, respectively.

“The failure to implement the agreements with ASUU is also a fundamental breach of the right to education without discrimination or exclusion, as strike actions continue to penalize economically disadvantaged parents who have no means or capacity to send their children to private schools.

“Equal access of Nigerian children and young people to quality and uninterrupted education including at the university level would contribute to producing citizens who are fundamentally equal and people who actively participate in society.

“It would enable people to enjoy the rights as well as fulfil obligations that are associated with citizenship,” the applicants stated.



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That is about $8.4 billion per year. What a colossal loss. Oil thieves are the real thieves.

As long as results will be transmitted electronically using the Internet, there is a very high possibility of hacking the INEC server.

My question is, what happens when the there are discrepancies between the manually collated results and the electronically transmitted ones?

What does this statement mean, "We are aggrieved but we remain in APC".

In my opinion, Amaechi and other APC aspirants are not totally committed to Tinubu’s candidature.

Despite feeling aggrieved and withdrawn from party activities in recent times, former ministers who resigned to contest the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket, yesterday, said they will remain in the party.

Top aides of the former ministers, namely Chibuike Amaechi (Transportation); Dr Ogbonnaya Onu (Science and Technology), and Emeka Nwajiuba (minister of state for Education), who admitted that their principals are not pleased with the way they were treated by the APC, however, said they will not dump the party.

Checks by LEADERSHIP revealed that the ministers have withdrawn from active party activities since they lost out in the party’s presidential primaries on June 8 this year.

In the APC presidential primary, former Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu polled 1,271 votes to clinch the party’s presidential ticket at the special national convention, which had 23 aspirants. Nine aspirants withdrew from the contest before the commencement of the primary election. Besides the ministers who resigned to contest the primaries, Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo, some governors and party chieftains contested the party’s presidential ticket.

However, checks by LEADERSHIP reveal that after the primaries, most of the ministers have been largely politically inactive in party activities.

While most of them have since not openly associated with the party’s candidate, former minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, had in July said some delegates, who voted at the special convention of the APC, were regretting their decisions after being induced with money at the convention.

It was also learnt that Amaechi was displeased with the budding romance between Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike and APC chieftains, including governors of Ekiti, Ondo and Lagos, and the.

LEADERSHIP gathered that those visits were done without Amaechi’s consent. While Onu had openly upbraided the party for not zoning its presidential ticket to the South East during the convention, Nwajiuba, who stayed away from the convention in protest, subsequently filed a suit at the federal high court seeking the disqualification of Tinubu and the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, from the 2023 election.

However, their associates and supporters yesterday denied that the principals had been distant from the party even though they admitted that they are aggrieved.

They insisted they won’t dump the APC, noting that they are still party active party members.

 

 Only PMB Can Say If Amaechi Was Fairly Treated – Aide

APC chieftain and close associate of Amaechi, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, said the question of whether former minister of Transportation was fairly treated by the party will be answered after the end of the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

Eze disclosed this while speaking with LEADERSHIP in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.

He said, “It depends on who is answering this question. One thing most of us don’t understand is that the APC government, or party of which Amaechi is a key actor or contributor is or are still running until May, 2023. It is then one will be in a better position to answer this type of question creditably.

“Yes, it is true that if not for the inputs, sacrifices and risks that Amaechi took over the project APC, there would not have been the APC as it is today. Yes, it is also true that Amaechi midwifed the election and reelection of General Muhammadu Buhari as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as the director general of the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation on two occasions, thereby becoming the first African or in the entire world to achieve such a feat.

“Yes, it is also true that the APC government accorded or assigned a lucrative Ministry of Transportation to Amaechi in which he established himself as one of our best brains and leader in Nigeria.

“It is also true that out of over 20 political leaders that contested the APC presidential election, Amaechi came second, beating a sitting vice president and a sitting Senate president and others showing his influence and acceptability within the ranks and members of the party.

“It is also true that Amaechi was one of those that was asked to resign before contesting the presidential slot of the party and was not reappointed based on the thinking of Mr. President, and only him alone and some of the leaders that can answer if Amaechi was fairly treated or not.

“To me, for us to truly assess or answer if Amaechi is fairly treated can only be answered at the end of this administration because I am still feeling that Amaechi has not been abandoned or forgotten by this administration; only time will tell.”

Acting publicity secretary of the APC in Rivers State, Darlington Nwauju, said Amaechi was still a member and leader of the party in the state.

Speaking with LEADERSHIP in Port Harcourt yesterday, Nwauju stated that Amaechi, who is also a former Rivers State governor, has been holding meetings with stakeholders to strategise for the APC in the 2023 general election.

He said: “The rumour about Amaechi defecting is a complete ruse. It is another stunt by enemies of the APC to distract our party by blackmailing the former transportation minister.

“He is undeniably one of the pillars of the party in Nigeria whose stellar outing as a cabinet minister will remain a point of reference for many years to come.

“The former governor has been meeting with different strata of the party’s stakeholders in Rivers State to strategize on helping the APC win next year’s election at all levels,” he said.

Findings by LEADERSHIP revealed that Amaechi was still actively involved in the activities of the APC in Rivers State.

Although, it took Amaechi almost two months after the APC presidential primaries, which he lost to Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, before he visited Rivers State, he has spent two weekends in the state in the past one month.

LEADERSHIP observed that during his visit to the state in August, the former Rivers State governor addressed APC stakeholders at the party secretariat along Woji Road in Port Harcourt.

The former minister was also in the state over the weekend for the funeral ceremonies of former four-time Minister of the federation, Alabo Tonye Graham-Douglas, in Port Harcourt, and at the deceased’s hometown, Abonnema in Akuku-Toru local government area of the state.

Speaking during the funeral service at Abonnema, Amaechi, who expressed worry at the abandonment of Graham-Douglas by the Rivers State government, said he expected the state government to show concern when the former minister became ill.

He said, “Alabo played a very important role in making Chief Rufus Ada -George governor of Rivers State. I didn’t know him. I met him after Rufus was made a governor. We escorted Rufus to this village. That was my first time in Abonnema.

“We came to see Alabo to thank him for the role he played in assisting Chief Rufus Ada-George to become governor of Rivers State. I came to know him later in the course of my political career.

“I know he was a very good man. I know Alabo is somebody you need to be proud of. I can say arguably that he was one of the best dressed Rivers men.

“When I became the governor of Rivers State, the very few places I visited was Alabo’s house and we took time to discuss the state. We agreed that let the past be the past and let us chart a new course. Alabo and I spoke for weeks on how to move the state forward.

“Indeed, when he fell ill, we expected that the state will take responsibility of everything concerning Alabo. You don’t need to be a governor for the state to recognise your contributions.

“If you know me well, I don’t like travelling during the rainy season due to bad roads, but I have no choice but to come to pay him the respect that he deserves.”

In a related development, a political associate of the former minister of Science and Technology, Alhaji Haruna Ajah, yesterday said that the former minister is still a member of APC in the state.

He however added that Onu’s camp has misgivings against the national leadership of the APC.

Speaking with LEADERSHIP in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, Alhaji Ajah said that as a leader of the party, Dr. Onu shortly after the presidential primaries in Abuja met with APC faithful both at his country home in Uburu in Ohaozara local government area and in Abakaliki, the state capital.

Ajah said the meeting held in April was held to assess the successes and other lapses recorded during the just concluded presidential and state primaries.

He noted that despite the misgivings by his political associates against the national leadership of the party, “we are still committed to the success of the party.

“I want to inform you authoritatively that our leader, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, is still in APC and does not have any intention of leaving the party. We met with him both at his country home in Uburu and Abakaliki after the presidential primaries. He has been very visible in the activities of the party in the zone and we will do everything to work for the success of the party.

“We meet to review the activities of the party and to discuss on the way forward. Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu is not quitting active politics yet because he still has a lot to contribute to our politics.

“We, his associates, have our misgivings against the party and I am sure he knows about our misgivings, but our major problem is that the national leadership of the parties has refused to do anything about it. But despite the attitude of the party, we will not abandon the party we formed for people who just joined.”

He stated that the group was organizing a one-million march for APC and Tinubu in the South East, adding that the former Minister, his political associates, his loyalists and other party faithful would be part of the march.

 

‘Nwajiuba Working With Uzodimma To Rebrand Party In Imo’

In the case of Nwajiuba, an APC stalwart and close associate of the former minister of state for Education, Hon. Chukwudi Odu, said Nwajiuba had no intention of leaving the party.

According to him, the former minister is working in close collaboration with the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, with the intention to capture Southeast for the party.

According to him, since he left office as a minister, Nwajiuba has been participating in political activities in the state and is highly respected as an APC stalwart and confidant of the governor.

“Nwajiuba, when in office, visits the state intermittently, however, the scenario has changed as the former minister is always in the state attending political meetings. ”

He cited the just concluded stakeholders meeting held in the state and submitted that Nwajiuba participated actively and made useful contributions.

“Hon. Nwajiuba was in the state over the weekend attending the All Progressives Congress (APC), stakeholders conference.”

According to him, Nwajiuba is a serious party man and has no intention to dump the party. According to him, over the weekend, they deliberated on a way forward and strategy on how to emerge victorious in the 2023 presidential election.

Hon. Odu explained that the former minister is a consistent and reliable party man and assured that since after the presidential primary, the Ehime Mbano born politician is collaborating with the Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma, so as to deliver APC candidates come 2023.

 

Akpabio Out Of The Country, Says Aide

Speaking with LEADERSHIP yesterday, Mr. Jackson Udom, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) the immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Godswill Akpabio, as mere speculation that he has been out of public glare.

“Senator Godswill Akpabio is very busy, and had been out of the country in the last three weeks.

“Before he travelled, he had attended the unveiling of the APC presidential running mate, Kashim Shettima. He also attended the wedding of Shettima’s daughter, so the notion that he has not been visible is all wrong”, he explained.


https://leadership.ng/presidential-primary-fallout-were-aggrieved-but-will-remain-in-apc-amaechi-onu-nwajiuba/

Village people wahala.

This is after some corrupt government officials have removed their share oooo.

In other words, Fashola is saying that the lazy Nigerian youths who are gunning for Peter Obi to win the 2023 presidential election cannot make it happen.

Over to you my ever vibrant and highly esteemed naija youths to prove him wrong this time around.

Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has called on politicians vying for office in the 2023 general elections as well as citizens of the country not to “disrobe” the challenges of Nigeria in the global market square.

Fashola who was the keynote speaker at The Niche Annual Lecture in Lagos yesterday noted that the number of new 12 million voters registered will not be enough to sway the outcome of the elections next year.

He said the number of newly registered voters in 2022 is way less than the number of voters who registered newly in 2019.

This is as the former member of the House of Representatives, Dakuku Peterside, lamented the current economic downturn in the country, saying over 90 million Nigerians now live below poverty line.

According to Fashola, over 14 million newly registered voters had been recorded prior to the 2019 elections compared to the 12 million documented from this year.

“If you look at the number of people who have newly registered to vote in this election, the last number given by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is 12,332,336 people. Those are the new voters registered for this election cycle. Whereas in 2019, there were 14,360,053 newly registered voters. While in 2015 there were 6,944,752 newly registered voters.
 

“So, if the hype about 2023 is anything to go by, the number of 12.332 million newly registered voters does not support it. This is because there are 2,027,657 voters less than the 14 million new voters who registered in 2019.



“We have seen all this hype before and it distracts from the real question which should be: how can democracy, especially the elections coming in 2023 make our lives better and make our country greater. Those, for me, are what we should focus on, not about whether there will be or there will not be an election. We should focus on these questions because democracy is simply concerned about popular participation in choosing a leader or set of leaders.”

He also cautioned against washing the dirty linens of the country in the global scene saying “we can win elections without exaggerating our problems. We can do so by offering credible service and well thought out solutions.”

Fashola averred that the current situation of the country “should challenge a level of sobriety in us not excitement. A serious reflection that says this is where we have reached? My advice is that we can win elections without disrobing our country before the global community. Elections and democracy for us must represent a feast of ideas and choices that bring out the best in us and the best in our country.”

On his part, former member of the House of Representatives, Dakuku Peterside, who also spoke at the event noted that the 2023 election is peculiar as “there will be the burden of governance and this time it will be very challenging after the elections.

The former director general of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) added that, ‘’The reason is that managing the expectation of Nigerian people is not going to be a walk in the park. One is that we face monumental insecurity, and it is very easy to lay blame on everyone other than ourselves. Two is the fact that apart from insecurity, the young people, the talents we expect to step back and build the country, are leaving in droves to other countries, against the backdrop of the ASUU strike. And we are not replacing them.

‘So, if the youth who are supposed to build the country, if they all leave the country, who will build the country. Who are we leaving the country for? Is it the old men and women who don’t have the energy to rebuild the country?”

He also lamented the state of the country’s economy saying “another thing is the challenge of the economy. I don’t think that we have had a time in our recent past where we have over 90 million of our citizens living below the poverty line.

“Debt to revenue ratio is 120 per cent. What it means is that we don’t earn enough to even service debt. The import of that is that we are going to face very stormy days ahead. Unfortunately, the truth is that the rhetoric of politicians is widening our ethnic, religious fault lines, instead of focusing on the challenges confronting us.’’



https://leadership.ng/12m-new-voters-insignificant-to-alter-2023-election-outcome-fashola/

I strongly believe that this is just about one-tenth the total fraudulent payroll entries. I also believe that some staff of the Federal Government receive up to 5 salaries using phony names and accounts that lead to same person in the end.

Well, it makes a lot of sense to arrest to answer some pertinent questions on how he became the only one those kidnappers want to communicate with.

The Department of State Security Services (DSS) has said the Abuja-Kaduna train hostage negotiator, Tukur Mamu, is in its custody.

The DSS stated this in a statement by its spokesperson, Dr Peter Afunanya yesterday following reports that Mamu was arrested in Egypt.

The DSS said his arrest in Egypt followed complaints from the military and other security agencies in relation to some pertinent questions.

Part of the DSS statement reads: “This is to confirm that Mamu, as a person of interest, was intercepted by Nigeria’s foreign partners at Cairo, Egypt on 6th September 2022 while on his way to Saudi Arabia.

“He has since been returned to the country, today, 7th September 2022, and taken into the Service’s custody.

“The act followed a request by Nigeria’s military, law enforcement, and intelligence community to their foreign partners to bring back Mamu to the country to answer critical questions on ongoing investigations relating to some security matters in parts of the country. The public may wish to note that the law will appropriately take its course.”



Recall that Mamu has been in the news lately for his part in the release of the Kaduna train hostage  victims who were abducted on March 28.

In August, the publisher of Desert Herald Newspaper withdrew as the lead negotiator in securing the release of the remaining train attack victims and claimed that his life was under threat by the Nigerian government.

While being held in Egypt, Mamu accused the federal government of being responsible for his ordeal.

Mamu, who holds the traditional title of Dan Iya of Fika Emirate in Yobe State, commenced negotiations with the terrorists, who attacked the train and abducted many of the passengers, leading to the release of over 20 of them.

He later withdrew from the voluntary task of negotiations, citing threat to his personal safety. Mamu, however, became a medium of communication between the terrorists and the government on one hand and families of the kidnapped victims on the other hand, which also yielded some positive results.

Mamu, who confirmed his arrest to journalists yesterday, said: “I was on my way to Madina Saudi Arabia when they stopped me at Cairo Airport under the Nigerian government order.

“Nothing was found in my possession. So, I am sure the Department of State Security (DSS) officials are waiting for me at the Kano Airport, I don’t have anything to hide and like I said I am not afraid of them (DSS). I swear to God, I am not afraid of them. I just want the world to know of what is happening,” he said.


https://leadership.ng/why-we-detained-train-abduction-negotiator-mamu-dss/

Hahaha
Abeg declare 1 week public holiday jare.

Hahaha

How do the answers to these questions change the price of agbado, cassava, ewa, and garri in the market?

Wike will definitely develop constipation because of this. I am very sure PDP is now ready to move on without Wike. I wish them the best of luck in their quest to wrestle power from APC.

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has passed a vote of confidence on the party’s national chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, and the National Working Committee (NWC).

 

The NEC passed the confidence vote on the NWC on Thursday at its meeting held at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja.

 

NEC is the highest decision-making body of party after the national convention of the party.

 

The motion for the confidence vote was moved by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, and it was seconded by another party chieftain from the South-West, Ishola Filani.

 

The confidence vote comes amid calls by some PDP governors led by Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, for Ayu’s sack as national chairman of the party.

 

The Wike camp has insisted on Ayu’s removal as part of peace move and condition to support the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar.

https://leadership.ng/just-in-nec-passes-confidence-vote-on-ayu-led-nwc/

Buhari’s government too sabi make mouth. Nothing go happen last last.

In my opinion, RECs should be appointed by the NASS to avoid partisanship in INEC.

I suspect there are issues surrounding their employment. Maybe their names are yet to be in the payroll of the NPF.

No fewer than 480 people recruited as constabularies into the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in Osun State yesterday trooped to the streets of Osogbo, the state capital to protest nonpayment of 18 months salaries.

The placard carrying protesters who stormed the popular Olaiya Flyover chanting various songs to press home their demands took off from Oke-fia area of the ancient town. They complained that they have not been paid any salary since the completion of their training in May 2021.

Some of the protesters who dressed in black police uniform carried placards with various inscriptions such as “Pay us our 18 months’ salary”, “18 month without kobo”, “Pay our salary now”, “Pay us Our Stipends And Allowances”, among others.

Speaking with newsmen, Constable Tijani Adewale said despite the fact that they have not been paid they were totally committed to their duties saying no few than three constabularies have lost their lives in the course of discharging their duties.

He said: “We lost three persons in Ikire and one in Iree. These people died in the course of discharging their duty. We are very dutiful despite the fact that we have not been paid a dime. Due to unpaid allowances, tricycle and okada riders have snatched our wives because of inability to take care of them.”

Addressing the protesters, Osun State commissioner of police, Adewale Olokode ordered them to stop the protest with immediate effect and assured them that the authorities concerned would look into their matter.



https://leadership.ng/police-constabularies-protest-nonpayment-of-18-month-salary-in-osun/

Enkidu70:
No work, no pay is the rule throughout the civilized world. Once FG caves in and pays them now, you can expect another useless, protracted strike in the near future since they know they will get paid in arrears

Of course they will get their money.

Let us save the marriage institution in Nigeria.

Ok

We should try to save our marriages. If we can't stay married there is no need to seek another one because the problems will not stop coming.

This is sad. Who are they storing these explosive materials for?

Hahaha
Even Reno na scam. Chai, no one is genuine in the Nigerian political space except Peter Obi.

She is the best VC in Nigeria in my opinion. Eventhough schools are closed, she is still working full time while on vacation. This is multitasking in plain sight.

Everyone has increased the prices of their goods and services. Even cost of petrol and diesel don increase. Why won't Multichoice do likewise?