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Osagyefo98:
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State on Wednesday in Abakaliki, the state capital, declared that 95 per cent of states in the country cannot pay the proposed N30, 000 minimum wage to workers.

Mr Umahi, who is the Chairman of the South East Governors Forum, said this while inaugurating a 36-member fact-finding committee to ascertain the mode of workers’ promotion arrears payment in states across the six geo-political zones of the states.

According to Mr Umahi, the payment of the N30, 000 can only be realised if the federation account allocation formula is reviewed to offer more earnings to states.

“The federal government collects 52 per cent of the revenue from the federation account and when I tried to put the N30,000 figure to Local Government Areas (LGA) it means they will borrow N1billion to add to their allocation, in paying salaries.

“I will definitely not be a governor to govern such a state and will never preside over a state that will allocate 100 per cent of its earnings to pay salaries,” he said.

The governor recommended that the issue of petroleum subsidy in the country should also be reviewed as had been noted by the state and federal governments.

“We must presently have the courage to say this because a lot of money can be saved from the subsidy if properly distributed.

“When 100, 000 litres of petrol is allocated to me for instance and deducted from my allocation, it is then my business to ensure that there is no leakage.

“There is no governor or political office holder that signs cheques but civil servants as the country’s leaders and labour are just putting water inside a basket and praying God to hold it with this minimum wage issue,” he said.

He urged the country’s leaders and labour to liaise and decide on the percentage of the federation account that should be voted for salaries and other sectors.

“We should determine how much should be allocated to education, health, infrastructure among others if 100 per cent of earnings are used to pay workers salaries.

“Many states are experiencing various problems and cannot pay salaries but the people condemn their governments over their inability to provide good roads and other amenities.

“People don’t understand the problems being experienced by these states and the governors have kept quiet for long and need to speak presently,” he said.

Mr Umahi regretted that the issue of promotion arrears for workers in the state had lingered for long and urged the committee to be sincere with their findings to find an amicable solution to it.

“We have been setting up committees on this issue and getting no results with people not being sincere and resorting to all sorts of things,” he said.

Hyginus Nwokwu, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), noted that the issue made the governor to institute a 36-man member committee to tour states in the six geo political zones and ascertain the mode of payments.

“The members are drawn from critical elements of state with the organised labour having 12 nominees, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) 12 nominees and the government-12 nominees.

“The committee will tour three states in each of these zones, ascertain relevant facts, analyse and present them to enable government take disposable and final actions on the matter,” he said.

Leonard Nkah, the Acting Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), in the state and Chairman of the committee pledged to ensure the actualisation of the committee’s aims.

“We pledge to assiduously discharge our duties and make recommendations that will permanently solve the problem for a healthy government and labour relationship,” he said.

(NAN)

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/294656-95-per-cent-of-states-cant-pay-n30-000-minimum-wage-ebonyi-gov.html#

hammerFC:
I HOPE MY IGBO SISTERS CAN NOW SEE Y WE USUALLY INSIST THEY DONT MARRY YORUBA BUT FROM WITHINN THEIR IGBO TRIBE.

MANY OF DEM WILL BE PREACHING TO THEIR FAMILY THAT TRIBALISM IS OVER AND IT IS NOW ALL ABOUT LOVE.

READ THIS COMMENT ABOVE AND LET IT SINK INTO YOUR BRAIN.

TRY AND UNDERSTAND Y UR FAMILY ALWAYS REFUSE SUCH MARRIAGES.

THEY SAY WAT AN ELDER SEES WHILST SITTING DOWN, A CHILD CANNOT SEE IT FROM THE TALLEST TREE.

Olu20090:
For those calling Mansa of Mali, for one, I'm talking about modern era...18th, 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, with wealth we can quantify. Not someone that was an emperor in c.1100 and made his wealth from his empires...that was what Mansa Musa did. I don't consider him wealthy, just as I don't consider Queen of England wealthy. Sir Ojukwu's wealth can be quantify; go to Lagos and see those buildings he owned as far back as 1950s...these huge buildings that only multi billionaires could own back then.

If you want me to mention Mansa, then we must mention King Solomon and all other kings and emporers. But that's not the point of this, the point is BUILDING WEALTH FROM BUSINESS SWEAT THAT CAN BE VERIFIED.

Olu20090:
Hahaha. Afonja. Just the Nigerian Stock exchange building alone is worth over 5 billion naira.

saint7000:
Impressive. Ojukwu father own some of the landmark buildings in Lagos, so there is element of truth in that.

Nkemakonam62:
The Missionaries and Pastors Organization of Nigeria (MPO) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to release the certificate of return to the incumbent governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, as the duly declared winner of Imo West Senatorial District.

Speaking at a conference in Lagos, the patron of MPO, Archbishop Onyeagoziri Okeugo, stated that it was unfair to withhold the certificate of return from Okorocha since he was announced the winner adding that, if there was any anomaly, it should be taken to court.

Onyeagoziri declared that the organization was making this call not for any personal interest but for that of the nation because, according to him, the international communities are watching.

“We commend INEC for the good job it performed during the general elections but the job is yet to be completed. We are calling upon INEC to release the certificate of return of His Excellency, Rochas Okorocha, who was duly declared as the winner of Imo West Senatorial District by the returning officer, we believe this is the right thing to do and anybody who is offended should go to court, which is the hope of the common man.

“We want INEC to note that eyes of international communities are watching, even a common man in the street knows that politics are being played somewhere and to complement with the spirit of integrity of President Muhammadu Buhari who stands against corruption.” He said.

He further stressed that the church is seen as the third eye of the nation with the ultimate goal of ensuring peace, tranquility and impartiality and as such, it is expected of it to open its eyes and comment when there is anomaly of any sort.

https://www.akelicious.net/2019/04/issue-certificate-of-return-to-okorocha.html

johnie:
In 1951 she ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the regional assembly as the candidate of the NCNC.

The NCNC rejected her bid for a second candidacy for the assembly in 1959 so she ran as an independent candidate which split the NCNC vote and ensured the opposing party’s victory. She was subsequently expelled from the NCNC and formed her own party, the Commoners’ People’s Party, which was disbanded a year later.

That marked her downward spiral in Nigerian politics.

She lost her relevance as a national political party leader and then allied with international bodies.

When she became world vice-president of the Women’s International Democratic Federation, her alliances with the East in the Cold War days (culminating in vists to China and USRR as well as winning the Lenin Peace Prize) made things worse as she was seen as a threat by the West.

johnie:
If FRK had maintained her popularity and leadership position in politics by the time the country became independent, Fela most likely would have ended up being a politician and not a musician.

It is no surprise he floated his own party in 1978.

johnie:
It should also interest us that the 1947 delegation did not include anybody of the Hausa/Fulani stock.

It essentially comprised Zik, two yoruba men, and representatives of minorities- Women representative, a Kanuri man, an Ibibio man and a Cameroonian.

This is instructive in terms of the national and gender outlook of the NCNC, something only the NPN, PDP and lately the APC have able to achieve.

It was easy to bury ethnic differences when fighting the colonialists under the likes of Herbert Macaulay. Immediately independent was achieved. those differences became very obvious.

It is just like CPC, ACN and ANPP buried their differences to fight a d defeat their common enemy - PDP - in 2015.

The differences became apparent once power was achieved.


Most political parties in Nigeria have had ethnic/sectional origins which always worked to their disadvantage eventually.

Unfortunately, NCNC lost that outlook and became a regional party.

Elemosho478:
The funniest thing is that they Keep accusing others of what they are guilty of, they started all the trouble then began to play Victims, they blame Everyone else except themselves as it they are all saints when it was even them that started it

johnie:
I find it amusing that the people accusing Awo have not once mentioned the intra-party squabble between Zik on one hand and Adedoyin and Okurunnimbe on the other hand.

These two were the principal actors in Zik's failure to clinch the central seat.

Adedoyin and Olorunnimbe (both members of the 1947 delegation in contention here) were eventually expelled from the NCNC.

Zik himself went back to the east to dislodge Chief Eyo Ita,. leader of government business in the east (but from a minority ethnic group and likely a protege of Chief Essien of the 1947 delegation).

This was majorly an intra-party affair that had national consequences.

The closest contemporary analogy is to blame Jonathan for Saraki's emergence as Senate President in 2015.

FRK was often in conflict with Azikiwe and the rest of the party leadership because she felt women were not as well-represented as men. She herself was eventually expelled from NCNC.

"There are no permanent friends is politics, only permanent interests" , so they say.

Elemosho478:
Typical Igbo loser lol, that wouldn't change the fact that you came from the Biggest loser, traitor and coward tribe in History

chiefobdk:


What u don't kno is Dat an Abia man can only influence Abia, Igbos ve big ego dey will definitely see it as insult and vote against u even Wen u re d popular candidate,.. No one cuts peeps to size more Dan an Igbo person especially Anambra..

HisSexcellency:
A similar thread about another lady made regent in same ondo state was on front-page sometime ago.

Nah small small e take dey start. One day a stubborn regent go just refuse to hand over

Awol1:
That's what it is; jihad.

They veil it under the guise of fighting corruption...

They have demented and shallow-minded urchins, both in cabinet and everywhere on social media to defend their atrocities.

These urchins are either educated illiterates who cannot read beyond the line and discern things, or are doing what they are doing for the money and the power.

They do not care about what we are going to bequeath to the next generation. F*ck the next generation. Let them be islamised for all they care, so long as their interest for today is protected.

Turkey, Algeria, Tunisia, etc, were wholly Christian countries but Islamic marauders succeeded in islamising them.

They will no longer do it through war in Nigeria because we are now in 21st century; the World will condemn it. But they will do it systematically.

The worst thing that would happen is if they continue to have praise-singers amongst Christians.

We should all, all Christians, rise up against this.

Look at their foolish Christian appendage in Aso Rock what they've reduced him to... sharing money to buy votes.

Tears for my country...

youghs:
Bosssman,,Yorubas aren't anti-south we are just anti stupid..Do not misunderstand dat..

Alanpoza007:
You're quite shameless.. Imagine how much tribal hatred has twisted your brain for you to compare a former executive governor of Lagos State and former Senator of the Federal Republic with a common criminal and kidnapper in Evans. So Evans should not have been arrested because he's Igbo right?

PVision2020:
He will come to Lagos and have some little change and start bragging how he "Dehvehrop ragos", forgetting the fact that it was Lagos that developed him. They come to Lagos with nothing and they'll be the first to claim "dehvehropers".

omenkaLives:
So irritating. When would they start holding their very own local champions to account? You would NEVER see then create a single thread criticizing their leaders. If one manages to, the rest of them would curse the life out of him calling him Afonja.

So pathetic.

SilasNwude:
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Tinubu is the most corrupt Nigerian
kiss the truth
stop supporting corruption

omenkaLives:
They go die ontop him matter.

Imagine they expend a tenth of this energy on bathing their useless state governors. Maybe their erosion scourge would have been a thing of the past. But hell no, they are fixated on yorubas and Tinubu!

They will curse and insult day and night, but in the same breath, they are asking their communities to donate monies to them so they can go blow in Lagos, just as seen on the thread on FP.

How pathetic!

omenkaLives:
Hear the op..



He is an incorrigible Yoruba hater and a hardcore wailer. The only objective of the thread is to lay grounds for his fellow minions to bash Tinubu.

DoA.

Jaymaxxy:
[s]The National Christian Elders Forum has described the Thursday conviction of the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, by the Code of Conduct Tribunal as part of “the jihad” against Christians in the country.

The NCEF claimed the development was a continuation of the “jihad that began with the overthrow of General Yakubu Gowon in 1975”.

The Chairman of the forum, Chief Solomon Asemota (SAN), said this in a statement on Friday in response to an article titled, ‘What kind of elders’ published by a national newspaper.

He attributed the country’s under-development to the conflict between democracy and Sharia, adding that the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern regions had contributed to the problems of Nigeria.

Asemota said while proceeds from oil and gas in the South were shared by all Nigerians, “gold and other precious minerals in the North belong to the North alone to complete annexation of the South to the North”.

He added, “President Buhari in 1983 committed treason when he overthrew the Shehu Shagari government. This is in addition to the fact that he was one of the seven colonels who masterminded the overthrow of General Yakubu Gowon in 1975.


“It was the same coup plotters that retired Chief Justice Elias, a Muslim but was a committed democrat, in order to Islamise Nigeria by replacing a Federal Republic with a Sultanate.

“Today, Justice Walter Onnoghen’s removal through stealth jihad of the executive is the continuation of the jihad that began with the overthrow of General Gowon in 1975.”

https://punchng.com/onnoghens-conviction-jihad-against-christians-ncef/[/s]

Tomide007:
I think it's igbos that hate apc ....both okowa and ikpeazu didn't perform well yet Dey voted them in because they can't vote apc, but the other twist is Kalu....soo in the end I'm also confused.

Donmedra:
I've come to realise this, even their supporters hates Igbo's ( Christians) with passion.

The question is why the hate? I'm not Igbo by the way