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The Federal Government has signed a $2.3bn assistance agreement aimed at fighting extreme poverty with the United States Agency for International Development. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Akande said the agreement would help the government to combat extreme poverty among Nigerians over the next five years. He said Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo signed the agreement on behalf of the Federal Government while the USAID Head of Mission in Nigeria, Mr. Michael Harvey, signed on behalf of the US government during a meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, last week. He quoted Osinbajo as noting that since President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the US President Barack Obama in the White House in July, the Nigerian government had seen better cooperation from the US. The Vice-President also noted that there had been great deal of interaction on how the present administration intended to implement its agenda, saying the interaction was because the US wanted the government to succeed. “The issue of the extreme poverty of a vast majority of Nigerians is a very important issue for us. It is at the heart of our economic policy. You can’t have that vast number of poor people and don’t plan around that and for us this is crucial and absolutely important,” Osinbajo was reported to have said. The Vice-President also lauded the inclusion of the North-East among the areas of focus in the agreement, adding that there was a consensus in government to address the problem of out-of- school children and the observed drop in enrolment figures in parts of the nation. He promised that the present administration would continue to lead a transparent and an open government, clean up the business environment and emphasise a bottom-up approach to economic planning. The $2.3bn assistance will cover activities from 2015 through 2020, with the objective of helping Nigeria reduce extreme poverty in a more stable and democratic society. It is expected to stimulate inclusive economic growth, promote a healthier, more educated population and help strengthen good governance. The USAID director said the agreement would provide a solid foundation for the two countries to partner to reduce inequalities across the country.
Source: www.punchng.com/news/us-to-give-fg-2-3bn-to-fight-poverty/

A Nigerian Muslim body, Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria, has said it is calling for a nationwide prayer for all the victims of the fallen crane and the Mina stampede during this year holy pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. The body, in a statement on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji M.A. Adebanjo, said the special prayer was called by its National President, Alhaji Lafeef Okunnu (SAN). It said the prayer would hold on Sunday, October 4, 2015. The society commiserated with the families of those who died and prayed for the quick recovery of all the survivors currently receiving treatment in the hospital as well as the re-union of those still missing. The statement partly read, “We pray the Almighty Allah to forgive their sins and reward them with Al-janat firdaus and grant those still being hospitalised quick recovery. For those that are still missing, we beseech Allah to grant them safe re- union with their families.” The society, however, joined the Federal Government in demanding a probe into the Mina stampede from the Saudi Arabian authorities in order to forestall future recurrence of the tragic incidents. In the same vein, another Muslim organisation, Nasrul-Lahi-Fathi Society, not only demanded a probe into the incident but also called on the Saudi Arabian authorities to reach out to the families of the victims to mitigate the effect of the deaths on them. NASFAT, in a separate statement by its President, Kamil Bolarinwa, said, “We believe people should be held accountable; but the overall objective should be the entrenchment of a system that will, in the future, remove such failings, human and infrastructural, from subsequent Hajj operations. “However, while the investigation by the Saudi authorities is going on, we enjoin the Ummah to avoid any comment capable of undermining the unity of Islam. “This is the time to remain steadfast and prayerful, a time to totally submit, as true Muslims, to the will of Allah. “We also call on the Saudi authorities to spare no effort to provide adequate medical care for those who sustained varying degrees of injuries during the stampede and we urge them to intensify effort in the search for all missing pilgrims. “Beyond this, we call on the Saudi authorities to commence a process to reach out to the families of the victims in order to mitigate the effect of the deaths on them, even as we acknowledge that no compensation can assuage the irreparable loss they have suffered.” Meanwhile, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Thursday said all Nigerians who went to Saudi Arabia for this year’s pilgrimage would be accounted for. This, the governor assured Nigerians, would be ensured in spite of the twin tragedies of the crane crash and the stampede that marred this year’s Hajj. Tambuwal gave the assurance when he visited families of those affected by the tragedy in Sokoto. A statement issued by Imam Imam, the governor’s spokesperson in Sokoto, noted that, “Hajj officials are working round the clock to ensure that all victims are properly identified and documented. The areas mostly affected in Sokoto State are Illela, Binji and Wamakko local government areas.” Addressing the families during a stop in Jamali village of Binji Local Government Area, Tambuwal said the government was still collating the number of pilgrims who died, injured or missing. He announced that as soon as the collation was done, government would assist the families in the best way possible.
www.punchng.com/news/muslims-to-pray-for-mecca-stampede-victims-oct-4/

Civil servants in Ondo State have suspended their two-day warning strike they embarked upon as a result of the non-payment of their two- month salaries by the state government. Addressing journalists after the meeting of the organised labour in Akure, the state capital, on Thursday, the Chairman of the state Joint Negotiating Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, Sunday Adeleye, said the union took the decision following the intervention of some national bodies of the labour unions in the country. Adeleye, however, said the workers would resume the strike if the salaries were not paid on or before October 7, 2015 and public servants whose names had allegedly been removed from the payment voucher during the last verification exercise were not reinstated. He alleged that about 500 names of workers were allegedly removed from the payment voucher of the state Teaching Service Commission, Universal Basic Education Board and core civil service during the just-concluded verification exercise. Adeyeye said, “Any worker found guilty of any offence should be made to face the music by following the due process, rather than unjustly removing their names from the payment voucher. “All salary arrears must be paid in full by Wednesday, October 7, 2015. In order words, the July, August and September salaries must be paid in full by Wednesday, October 7, 2015,” Adeleye insisted. He however warned the government against the victimisation of any member of the unions who had played one role or the other during the struggle. The union leader said the strike did not have any political undertone, “all of us are the stakeholders in the government of this state.” “On behalf of the JNC, I hereby direct all the public workers in Ondo State to resume work tomorrow (today). The government should try and reason with us and yield to our demand. I also want to tell the government that we are not politically-motivated by any individual to embark on strike,” he stressed.

www.punchng.com/news/unpaid-salaries-ondo-workers-suspend-strike/

The Organised Labour Movement in the country has said that Nigeria is not a failed state, irrespective of the myriad of challenges. The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria and the Nigeria Labour Congress stated this in separate messages to mark the country’s 55th Independence Day anniversary on Thursday in Lagos. The TUC President, Mr. Bobboi Kaigama, said that there was no problem which the nation presently faced after 55 years of independence that it would not be able to surmount. Kaigama identified some of the challenges bedevilling the country as ethnicity, nepotism, unemployment, poverty and hunger, widespread corruption, non-ideology based politics, insecurity, insurgency and kidnapping. According to him, others are mismanaged economy, free-fall of the Naira, high taxation, increase in electricity billing systems and casualisation of labour. He said countries that are advanced in their democracies also have their peculiar problems, “yet their citizens have not dismissed them or redrawn their maps.” Kaigama urged the people to exercise patience and support President Muhammadu Buhari to fulfil his promise of good governance. He further advised the government to remain focused to be able to achieve its desired good governance in order to make a positive change in the country. The NLC President, Mr. Ayuba Wabba, also called on Nigerians to support the President in delivering improved governance. Wabba blamed the performance of the economy before the general elections on dwindling oil sales in the international market, fiscal indiscipline, rising cost of governance and unhelpful macro- economic policies. He said it was regrettable that before the general elections, the economy dropped to its lowest ebb to the extent that funding the 2015 budget was difficult and the government had to borrow to pay salaries. He said that not all ministries, departments and agencies were paid, and apart from some states, the rest were unable to pay salaries or pensions, leading to a backlog of up to six months or more of unpaid salaries. He urged the government to put in place a response strategy that could mitigate the after- shocks and ensure a robust recovery.
www.punchng.com/news/nigeria-is-not-a-failed-state-say-nlc-tuc/

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As announced by the examination board on Monday, 2015 waec result is now available for checking on there website : www.waecdirect.org/
Wishing candidates success.

The West African Examinations Council has
released the May/June 2015 Senior School
Certificate Examination results, withholding
118,101 candidates’ results out of the 1.5 million
students that sat the examination.
WAEC Head of National Office, Mr. Charles
Eguridu, announced this in Lagos at a press
conference on Monday.
Eguridu added that the states owing WAEC had
reduced to 13, saying the candidates in public
schools in the 13 states would not have their
results until their state governments pay their
candidates’ registration fees.
The examination body had raised the alarm that
19 states owed the agency about N4bn, an
amount that might cripple the operations of
WAEC.
Details later…
Source: www.punchng.com/news/waec-releases-ssce-withholds-118101-candidates-results/

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