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Health workers are threatening to commence an indefinite strike on Wednesday, over alleged breach of agreements by the Federal Government.
The workers under the aegis of Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations had earlier handed the government a 15-day ultimatum with effect from February 3, 2016 to accede to their 10-point demands or risk nationwide strike.
One of the things the health workers are demanding is that the heads of federal health institutions should be designated “Chief Executive Officers, CEOs, against the present Chief Medical Directors.”
The ultimatum dated February 1 was contained in a letter to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir David Lawal, Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita and copied to some security agencies was signed by JOHESU’s Chairman, Biobelemoye Josiah and expires on Wednesday.
SEE ALSO: NUPENG threatens strike in Lagos over N224m debt
It was obtained by journalists in Abuja.
“In view of the failure of the present Federal Government to accede to our demands, JOHESU and AHPA at their joint meeting resolved to give a 15-day ultimatum, beginning from February 3, 2016,” the workers stated.
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“It is our hope and desire that the Federal Government would take necessary steps to ensure that our demands are met on or before Tuesday February 17, 2016, in order to forestall the impending avoidable industrial action.”
While decrying the continued marginalisation of its members which contribute 95 per cent of healthcare providers in the country, the workers stressed that unless government satisfies their demand, they would resume the suspended strike.
The demands of the JOHESU include implementation of a new circular on promotion of its members from CONHESS 14 to 15 as directors “which places premium on the need to sanction defaulting hospital managements.”
SEE ALSO: NECA pleads for minister’s understanding of workplace issues
According to them, the HoS should ensure the expedited issuance of an enabling circular authorising consultancy cadre for health professionals who had adhered to due process, to be vested with consultancy status.
They also demanded payment of arrears of specialist allowances to qualified hospitals-based health professionals with effect from January 1, 2010 and immediate and full payment of arrears of the skipping of CONHESS 10 which had remained outstanding since the year 2010.
The workers also demanded that the Federal Ministry of Health should come up with a circular on residency programmes for all health professionals in Nigeria to ensure professional capacity development in the health sector.

https://www.today.ng/news/national/79928/health-workers-begin-nationwide-strike-wednesday

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Between Dino Melaye’s Unclean Hands and His Anti-Corruption Crusade

Since the inauguration of the present administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari, one undeniable fact is that there has been a renewed effort to fight corruption courtesy of the immense will President Buhari has brought to bear on the anti-graft agencies. Investigations against high-profile who are or were in government have been opened by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) with a number of these cases in court.

Taking its cue from this political will, the Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory led by Senator Dino Melaye (APC – Kogi West) has announced its intentions to probe all past ministers of the FCT over allegations of improper land allocations. At a press conference, Senator Melaye presented pictures of what he claimed are a distorted masterplan due to land-grabbing by high-profile members of past governments, specifically mentioning members of the last administration such as President Goodluck Jonathan; former FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed; former Attorney-General, Mohammed Bello Adoke; former Bauchi State governor, Isah Yuguda amongst others.



While the intentions of the senate committee are commendable, I believe it is important to cast a light on its chairman, Senator Melaye who shot to infamy when, like a street thug rather than a honorable member of the House of Representatives, fought on the floor of the House in 2010 while challenging then Speaker, Dimeji Bankole over the purchase of cars for the members. Once again, he seemed like he was championing a laudable cause, but his true motivation was bitterness on having been removed as the Chairman of the House Committee on Information and National Orientation, which is considered a juicy committee due to the number of parastatals under the ministry it has oversight on – an avenue for corruption through the collection of kickbacks and contracts.

Senator Melaye, during the four years he spent in the political wilderness before returning to the National Assembly, this time as a senator in 2015, became a self-styled activist, when he ran an organization called Anti-Corruption Network. This network which is devoid of any organizational structure and has gone underground since his election as a senator, was in the forefront of calling for the sack and prosecution of former Aviation Minister (and briefly his colleague in the Senate) Stella Oduah over the purchase of 2 BMW cars for N255m.

However, during this period, Senator Melaye, with no discernible source of income, has been living a life that is obviously far above what he ought to have earned legally from being in the House of Representatives for four years. With a rather immature penchant for showing off the things he owns on social media, he has over 15 luxury cars, including a Rolls-Royce Wraith (worth N89 million and owned only by the super-rich and celebrities),a Range Rover, a Porsche Panamera (worth $80, 000), a Lamborghini Murcielago (worth $400, 000), a Mercedes Benz G Wagon ($100,000) and many others. He also bought a house in the exclusive Maitama District worth N1.3 billion.

Not stopping there, in clear violation of the law that prohibits elected and public officials from operating foreign bank accounts, Senator Melaye owns an account with the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York. The CampusEdge account, opened in the name of a Daniel D. Melaye claiming to be a student, was used to pay for the removal of a tattoo which read, ‘Alero’, the name of Senator Melaye’s former wife and a victim of his domestic violence (as was with his first wife).

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It took the eagle-eyed vigilance of citizen journalism site, Sahara Reporters to break this news, complete with evidence. Little wonder then that Senator Melaye was in the forefront of the passing of the Frivolous Public Petitions Bill with the controversial clause that prescribed harsh punishment of 2 years for those who make ‘false postings’ online, a clear attempt at muzzling social media, mentioning Sahara Reporters on the Senate floor and accusing them of spreading falsehood. Ironically, Sahara Reporters used to be a darling of Senator Melaye, even posting pictures of himself in their New York office and lavishing praises on them.

This is not the first time that a vigilant blog or news site has exposed the criminal activities or lies of Senator Melaye – in 2013, Senator Melaye claimed that there was an assassination attempt on his life courtesy of his persistent insistence that Mrs. Oduah be tried for corruption in the BMW scandal. It took the vigilance of a blog, The Scoop which exposed the fact that the said assassination attempt was nothing more than a figment of Senator Melaye’s imagination or the product of chemical-influenced hallucinations. Again, no wonder now that he is in the power to make laws, he had his eyes set on robbing citizens of their freedom of expression and ending citizen journalism which seems to be his albatross as they have consistently exposed his lies and activities.

It is about time that the EFCC and the Code of Conduct Bureau commenced investigations of Senator Melaye for money laundering and illegal operation of foreign bank accounts. The Buhari administration has promised that nobody is above the law – the onus is on it to walk that talk by giving the anti-graft agencies the political backing to investigate persons in government, even members of the ruling party such as Senator Melaye.

This is not just my opinion, but also that of about 1500 people, according to this online poll.

He who comes to equity must come with clean hands. Right now, Senator Melaye’s hands are far from being clean. Like the popular saying goes he who has glass house should not throw stones.

At this point we are calling on the EFCC to Probe Senator Melaye and let Nigerians know the source of his wealth, we believe in the EFCC but with the way things are going it show that they are investigating selected politicians and leaving the rest to steal more money hiding behind the umbrella of fighting corruption. Nigerians will not be fooled or manipulated till Dino Melaye and other APC agents are probed by the EFCC we consider their rules and law void. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW

http://expose.com.ng/index.php/2016/02/13/between-dino-melayes-unclean-hands-and-his-anti-corruption-crusade/

and they were screaming budget of change up and down, see the fraud in the budget. buhari was planning to pay back his campaign debt though the budget. thank God Nass did their job

and this was the same budget Femi Gbajabiamila claim to be the best budget so far.

Rent for presidential residence among items in the budget
President Buhari has proposed a record 6.1 trillion naira plan

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2016 budget proposals are riddled with errors and provisions that may undermine his anti-graft war, civic groups say.
In some instances, the same purchase of vehicles, computers and furniture are replicated 24 times, totaling 46.5 billion naira ($234 million), 795 million naira is set aside to update the website of one ministry, while no purpose is assigned to a 10 billion naira provision in the education ministry’s spending plan, according to Oluseun Onigbinde, partner and co-founder of BudgIT, a Nigerian group that campaigns for transparency in public spending.
“The key line items you find in the budget are a disservice to the idea that this government has come to represent change,” Onigbinde, whose group first publicly raised the discrepancies, said in a Feb. 9 phone interview. “It would have been better that they took a very good look at every line item and ensured that it was justified.”
Buhari has proposed a record 6.1 trillion naira budget this year to help revive an economy reeling from the impact of the low price of oil, the source of two-thirds of government revenue. Brent crude, which compares with Nigerian oil grades, fell 0.3 percent to $33.21 as of 8:33 a.m. in London, down 42 percent this year. Additional spending will be funded through tax revenue and the deficit of 3 trillion naira through borrowing, according to the Finance Ministry.
Former ministers and high-ranking civilian and military officials that served under the previous government, are under corruption investigation. Sambo Dasuki, the former national security adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, is facing charges related to alleged misappropriation $2.1 billion meant for weapons procurement. About $150 billion stolen by corrupt officials in the last decade is in foreign banks, Buhari said in July.
‘Padded Budget’
The government was the first to detect initial errors in the budget and Buhari wrote to lawmakers to correct them and welcomes further criticisms, Garba Shehu, a spokesman for Buhari, said by phone on Feb. 11 .
“If they know the one who padded the budget, they should announce that to the government,” Shehu said. “Anyone disagreeing with the budget is welcome to say their views, it is the only way we can make the country better.”
Buhari, 73, defeated Goodluck Jonathan in March in Nigeria’s first democratic transfer of power. He came to office promising to curb widespread corruption and end an Islamist militant insurgency ravaging the country’s northeast.
“The budget has become an instrument of the corruption process in this country over the last few years,” Jibrin Ibrahim of Abuja-based Centre for Democracy and Development, said in a Feb. 12 phone interview. “If the Buhari administration doesn’t succeed in stopping that process, then the anti-corruption war will be completely futile.”
Africa’s largest oil producer came 136th out of 175 countries in Transparency International’s 2015 world index of countries perceived as least corrupt.
Public Outrage
Onigbinde’s Lagos-based BudgIT was the first to draw public attention to spending proposals he described as “suspicious and wasteful” amounting to 111.32 billion naira, which includes 53.7 million naira repeated 52 times, 37.8 million naira appearing over 369 times, and a 3.9 billion naira allocation for the presidential clinic that exceeds funds designated for all 17 of the country’s teaching hospitals combined. These revelations have sparked public outrage and criticism of the government.
“There was a lot of expectation that there’s a clear departure from the past where previous budgets have been padded,” Onigbinde said. “All we have seen with this budget is that they have done even worse than the past.”
The budget controversy began last month when lawmakers alleged that the original document presented by Buhari on Dec. 22 had been substituted. The president said in a Jan. 19 letter to lawmakers that the original document contained errors.
It was while poring through the latest submission that BudgIT found unusual entries, including 31 million naira set aside as “rent” for the presidential residence, owned by the government, according to Onigbinde.
‘Zero Budgeting’
The Budget and Planning Ministry said in an e-mailed response to questions on Feb. 11 that errors were not “unexpected” as bureaucrats grappled with a new system called “zero budgeting” adopted by the government. It didn’t provide details of what the new system entails.
“However, the ministry has zero tolerance for malfeasance and whenever any wrongdoing is alleged, it will be thoroughly investigated and sanctions will be applied,” Charles Dafe, the ministry’s director of information, said in the statement.
Despite the explanations, criticism of the government is mounting with civic groups questioning Buhari’s running of Africa’s biggest economy.
“The executive should recall the budget,” said Ibrahim. “They have to look back at what was submitted, identify the alterations, correct them, make sure they deal with those who did the alterations, and resubmit.”
Other analysts see in the blunders signs that the government isn’t in full control.
“It’s ridiculous,” said Clement Nwankwo, executive director of Abuja-based Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre. “It doesn’t seem like the government managed to put together a first budget or has any control of its expenditure framework.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-15/buhari-s-budget-riddled-with-errors-puts-graft-war-in-doubt

As more and more mind-boggling revelations and discoveries continue to emerge, the Senate and House of Representatives Joint Committees of Appropriation, yesterday, summoned the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, and her Budget and Planning counterpart, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, to appear before it and explain the reasons behind the 2016 proposed budget mess.

Chairman of House Committee on Capital Markets and other institutions, Tajudeen Yusuf, who stated this after an interactive session with the Investment and Securities Tribunal (IST), complained that the 2016 budget proposal for IST was a duplicate of that of 2015.

The lawmaker threatened that the National Assembly would also hold the Budget Office of the Federation responsible for various errors and padding observed in the document.



“We took the budget of the IST, which is the investment court, unfortunately we realised what was contained in the 2016 proposal was just the exact copy of the 2015 appropriation; word for word and figure for figure,” he said.

Similarly, the House of Representatives has rejected the budget document from the Ministry of Education as it was completely different from what President Muhammadu Buhari presented to the National Assembly.

According to the Chairman of the House Committee on Basic Education, Zakari Mohammed (APC, Kwara), as a result of the discrepancies, the committee has discontinued the consideration of the defence of monies proposed for the Federal Ministry of Education and its agencies, including Universal Basic Education, over 30 federal universities, Colleges of Education, among others.

http://www.thescoopng.com/senate-reps-summon-adeosun-udoma-explanations-budget-stench-worsens/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

DECREE 4 IS BACK

The Nigerian Communications Commission is considering a framework for the regulation of over-the-top services in the Nigerian telecoms market.
Over-the-top services, otherwise known as OTT, are services carried over the networks, delivering value to customers, but without any carrier service provider being involved in planning, selling, provisioning, or servicing them.
OTT services are offered through Internet communication.
In Nigeria, the most common OTT services are WhatsApp messenger, BlackBerry Messenger, Facebook, and Skype which are classified under social media applications.
In other words, telecom operators such as MTN, Etisalat, Glo, and Airtel lack direct control or influence over WhatsApp messenger, BBM, Facebook or Skype.
Internet telephony and live streaming are also part of OTT services.
The growth of OTT services is encouraged by the access to 3G and 4G networks which offer mobile broadband and high speed IP data.

A report, ‘An Overview of Provision of Over The Top [OTT] Services’ published recently by the Policy, Competition & Economic Analysis Department of the Nigerian Communications Commission, says OTT services were becoming a threat to the traditional telephone network operators.
This development, the report said, is a global issue.
The threat, according to the NCC report, comes from the fact that Internet telephony is not only cheap, and free in some cases, but it also offers many features previously unavailable with telephones, therefore making it more attractive to consumers.
And unlike the traditional telephone network operator, the operators of Internet telephony don’t pay tolls for their services.
Besides, the report said since telecom operators such as MTN, Etisalat, Glo and Airtel do not have control over WhatsApp, BBM, Facebook and the rest of the social media applications, they (the telecom operators) cannot do not generate revenues from services offered through these applications.
The report said, “Many traditional telecom service providers are of the opinion that traditional telephony and SMS revenues are under threat from newer, IP based alternatives like WhatsApp, Skype, Viber etc.
“Similarly, third party web content and social networking companies such as Google and Facebook are increasingly generating huge revenues and driving high levels of data traffic which ride on the broadband networks of traditional telecom operators’.
“To further worsen this issue, the traditional operators still have to make significant investments in upgrading their networks to handle the increasing volume of data generated by the same providers of OTT services.
“Most traditional telephone network service providers therefore argue that unless there is a revenue flow to them from such services, they do not have an incentive to continue to maintain or upgrade the networks,” the report said.
The NCC also believed there is need for some kind of regulation because OTT services portend security risks to the country.
“Because VoIP relies on your Internet connection, it may be vulnerable to many of the same problems that face computers,” the report said.
“Attackers may be able to perform activities such as intercepting communications, eavesdropping, taking control of phones, making fraudulent calls from an account, conducting effective phishing attacks by manipulating one’s caller ID, and causing service to crash.”

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/198445-nigeria-may-regulate-use-of-whatsapp-bbm-facebook-skype-in-country.html

Noble11:
Lol you are funny !!!

HE'S RIGHT NA,

poiZon:
I still think femi adesina is still a columnist with sun newspaper, u knw that guy is highly propangandrous!
why all these abeg, abi una wan sell paper or what?
this is absurd n preposterous n every right thinking nigerian shud condemn this kindmof journalism. its killing the profession if at all journalism is a profession.
cos d only professional course I know is law, medical science n engineering.

SERIOUSLY NIGERIANS SHOULD CONDEMN THIS TYPE OF JONALISM

If APC really mean well for Nigeria, they should stop all these lies, as it is not doing them any good

zico530:
So it was another APC propaganda right?

MY BROTHER NA SO WE SEE AM

ANOTHER APC LIE AND PROPAGANDA BUSTED

As reactions continue to trail a recent statement attributed to Col. Ojogbane Adegbe, former aide-de-camp to immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan, the military personnel has debunked ever threatening to open a can-of-worm about his erstwhile principal.

Col. Adegbe, while expressing shocks and disbelief over the recent viral report, which quoted him as saying that if he was forced to reveal what transpired under the last administration, Nigeria will boil, had demanded an unreserved apologia from the management of the Sun Publishing Limited for dragging his hard-earned name to the mud.

He said his recent visit to the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was never in connection with the controversial arms scandal.


Reacting to the report, the military official in a letter by his solicitor, Chief Ogwu Onoja, SAN, and exclusively obtained by DAILY POST, denied ever making such controversial statement against his former boss during his interrogation at the EFCC office.

According the letter, “We have read with shock and disbelief the lead story in your newspaper, dated Friday 12th February, 2016, titled: “If I open up, Nigeria will burn. Detained Jonathan’s ex-ADC warns, as EFCC declares Tompolo wanted” .

The lawyer, while describing the report as false, misleading and defamatory, said it had caused significant harm to his client’s good name and reputation.

He said, “we have examined the full story contained on page 7 of the paper and the different statements credited to him and compared them with provable facts. This comparison shows without any doubt whatsoever that, among others, the following of your statements about what transpired are false:


a. You stated that Col. Adegbe was credited to have said: “If I open up, Nigeria will burn.”

b. You stated that: “the economic and financial crimes commission (EFCC) picked up Adegbe on Wednesday in Lagos where he was interrogated before he was flown to Abuja yesterday.”

c. You stated that: “It was gathered that ongoing interrogation of the former ADC by operatives of the EFCC could open up a new can of worms, which could surpasss what is now known as Dasukigate”

d. You stated that: “Col. Adegbe who was arrested in Lagos a few days ago, was said to be attending a senior officers course outside the former capital city, but on a visit, when he was picked up for interrogation.”

“To set the record straight, all the issues raised by your paper above only exist in the figment of your imagination. This attitude of yours is highly unprofessional and capable of heating up the polity and has indeed brought the name of our client to great disrepute. We are constrained to set the records straight by informing you that our client was not arrested as reported by your newspaper.”

Explaining the real reason for his invitation to the anti-graft office, the solicitor noted that, “to set the records straight, Col Adegbe was not arrested by EFCC as claimed by your newspaper. It is known fact that Col Adegbe has been in the UK for studies having been released by the Nigerian Army to do so.

“The EFCC wrote the military authority to invite our client for questioning with respect to an ongoing investigation to clarify certain allegations made against him. The military authority invited him back to Nigeria, which he willingly came in and reported to the office of the provost marshal in Abuja on Wednesday 10th February 2016. Due to his late arrival and the inability of the Army to complete their documentation, he was asked to report to the Garrison Mess in Mogadishu Cantonment in line with military tradition till the next day. Upon completion of the necessary paper work, he was excorted to the EFCC where he wrote his statement and was interrogated.

“We are also familiar with the statement he wrote at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and are also acquainted with answers he gave to questions, so we are at a complete loss as to how your newspaper arrived at that highly sensational and false story. The lawyers and representative of the Nigerian Army were present through out the interrogation. There was never a time Col. Adegbe threatened to burn down Nigeria.

“He has demanded a retraction of the said story with the same banner headline and an apology from the Sun Newspaper within 12 hours to avoid legal action.

“In view of your false and malicious statements, we demand a retraction of the false story with the same banner headline and an apology for your fictitious and highly embarrassing report. The retraction and apology must carry and be accorded the same prominence not less than 7 editions of your publication. We also demand that the retraction be syndicated to all your prints and the online media links in the same way and manner you spread the false story.

“We demand this to be effected within 12 hours while we advise our client on the legal implication of this malicious publication,” the statement added.

http://dailypost.ng/2016/02/15/dasukigate-jonathans-ex-adc-col-adegbe-denies-being-arrested/?utm_source=dlvr_nnd&utm_medium=twitter

Firefire:

TRADEMARK!

lies and propaganda

talktimi:
I saw their deception from day one so wasn't fooled by their antecedents, also not surprised just amused by their idiocy when they think they can foól everybody all of the time

Na so

ShowYourCertificate:
APC is a party of propaganda, nothing more. Nigerians are now aware.

they thought Nigerians are daft like the Nepa bill certificate holder of a president.

talktimi:
@MrAyeDee called them out today on the photographs.


APC IS A LIAR - Devil

watch how thy will ignore this trend. Lies run in their DNA. God will save us from their Lies and propaganda

this is where APC got the pics and where lying, it's the money they saw at Amosun's house

http://dondivamag.com/colombian-farmer-finds-600000000-of-pablo-escoabars-money-buried/

Naij.com has gathered that the picture of Amosun’s loot is not related with Nigeria at all. The photo shows a part of $600 million that belonged to Pablo “El Patron” Escobar, the most famous drug dealer in the history of Colombia, South America.

The treasure of Escobar
The discovery of the blue containers full of cash was made by a Columbian farmer in November 2015. Joseph Mariena Cartolos, a farmer, ran into the multi-million dollar treasure when arranging the irrigation system on his newly-acquired piece of land.

Pablo Escobar was one of the richest men in the world. According to Forbes magazine, his fortune was estimated at about seven billion dollars in 1987. Then the narcotics’ king was able to increase it to $30 billion, according to unofficial estimates. Pablo died at the age of 44, on December 2, 1993.

IdisuleOurOwn:
Suddenly, the op now believes Sahara Reporters.

yes op believe Boko Haram attacked. and op knows more than 30 people died. SR reduce the numbers as usual

Herald47:
What's all these,how did we get here,it's either the glory have departed or things have fallen apart.

things fall apart, you can say it again

my Guvunur and his party will be removed from Edo state courtesy our pvc this year

fistonati:
Yet the government is winning the war

Na Buhari na Lie Mohammed talk that one

Nicur:
Hmmm Nawaa oooooh

e tire me too o

luvinhubby:
Cursed be the day gullible Nigerians were deceived into voting in this gang of unrepentant liars called APC.
Innocent Nigerians dying in tens daily & all of them keep echoing 'technically defeated boko haram'.

R.I.P to the poor dead.

na that technical defense dey pain me pass. Boko Haram are controlling two local government. National the government is busy lying to Nigerians

@saharareporters just tweeted this, FLASH: Boko Haram militants kill 30 villagers in Biu-Damboa axis

This come after the president said Boko Haram is no in control of any Nigerian territory.. RIP to the dead.

WE THE INDIGINES OF EDO, HAVE ALREADY SAID IT. NO ROOM FOR APC AGAIN ENOUGH OF THEIR NOISE

PDP is still alive and strong

All is far from being well in the camp of Rt. Hon. Solomon Agidani, former House of Reps Member representing Apa/Agatu Federal Constituency who defected from the ruling party, PDP to the All Progressive Congress, APC in his constituency, Agatu Local Government early this week.

Information reaching us says the problem started shortly after the former Lawmaker made an open declaration, stating his decision to dump the umbrella party for the APC, the decision which was very unpalatable to members of his family who saw the move as arrant betrayal.

Speaking with Daybreak Times Editor at Igah-Okpaya on Friday, a source close to Hon. Agidani’s family who pleaded anonymity disclosed that the former lawmaker may be in for fresh troubles as members of his immediate family and close associates have held him on his neck to retrace his steps back to the PDP.

Another source who also pleaded anonymity had earlier disclosed that Hon. Agidani’s staff at the Okabido Hotel had tendered their resignation letters.

The hotel which is located adjacent Unity Bank and opposite Oando Petrol Station in Otukpo is said to be recording low patronages due to shortage of staff.

“As I speak to you, the Manager of Okabido Hotel, Stewards and other staff have deserted the hotel, in protest of the defection of their Boss whom they described as a ‘Betrayal'”, the source said.

The source further revealed that the Manager and a few other staff who abandoned Hon. Agidani are being considered for employment at the Xclusive Wine Bar, a trending relaxation centre in GRA Otukpo believed to be owned by a PDP Chieftain from Agatu Local Government Area.

It could be recalled that Rt. Hon. Solomon Agidani defected to the APC on Monday when the campaign train of the party’s candidate for the February 20 rerun election stormed Agatu Local Government. Reports have it that when the Lawmaker was invited to the podium to address the crowd, he advertently shouted ‘PDP’ 3 times before the Moderator corrected him.

Rt. Hon. Solomon Agidani, a native of Agatu Local Government was a Member, House of Reps from 1999 to 2007 under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

http://dailypost.ng/2016/02/12/benue-former-reps-member-suffers-rejection-for-defecting-to-apc-employees-desert-him/?utm_source=dlvr_nnd&utm_medium=twitter

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