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July 17, 2019 President Buhari Approves Immediate Payment Of New Minimum Wage
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President Buhari Approves Immediate Payment Of New Minimum Wage

It is good news for Nigerian workers, as President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has approved the immediate implementation of the N30,000 new national wage for Federal Public Service workers currently earning below the minimum wage.

The Chairman, National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission, RICHARD EGBULE said this at a news conference on the implementation of the new national minimum wage in Abuja.

EGBULE said commencement of the approved payment would be determined by the office of the Accountant-General and back dated to when the President signed the agreement.

According to EGBULE, the approval takes effect from April 18, 2018 and will affect the salary of government agencies under five salary structures.

Meanwhile, the Organised Labour says it has commenced mobilisation of workers for a total industrial action if negotiation on the consequential adjustment arising from the N30,000 new minimum wage breaks down.

In a communiqué signed by the acting it’s Chairman, ANCHAVER SIMON, and secretary, ALADE LAWAL, labour called on the federal government to reconvene the meeting of the negotiating committee.Labour further accused the government of deliberately making attempt to deny workers the opportunity of benefitting maximally from the new Minimum Wage Act signed by President BUHARI in April this year.

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FUTO Rusticates students over exam Malpractices

The Federal University of Technology, Owerri, FUTO, has expelled 10 students and rusticated 103 others over examination malpractice. According to Volume 40 No. 4 of FUTO News, yesterday, the Biology Department recorded four casualties; Biotechnology, two; Biochemistry, one; Maritime Management Technology, one, and Information Management Technology.

It stated: “At its 144th meeting, the Senate considered the report on the cases of the students accused of examination misconduct, during the 2016/2017 Rain Semester examinations and found them liable for being in possession of cell phones, which contained answers relevant to the examination.”

Similarly, FUTO management rusticated 103 students, “following Senate consideration at the same meeting, of a report on examination misconduct, which found them liable of impersonation and copying from one another.”

Also, some staff were either terminated, dismissed or suspended from duty for involvement in a wide range of offenses against the Insitution’s code of conduct.

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Christine Lagarde Resigns as IMF Boss

Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, on Tuesday released a statement that she had submitted her resignation from the IMF and it will take effect in September 2019 .

Lagarde in the statement said “I have met with the Executive Board and submitted my resignation from the Fund with effect from September 12, 2019. The relinquishment of my responsibilities as Managing Director announced previously will remain in effect until then With greater clarity now on the process for my nomination as ECB President and the time it will take, I have made this decision in the best interest of the Fund, as it will expedite the selection process for my successor,”

Ms. Largarde revealed that while the Executive Board would be taking the needed steps to proceed toward selecting her successor, David Lipton would remain the Fund’s acting managing director.

On July 9, the EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council adopted a formal recommendation to nominate Ms Lagarde as president of the European Central Bank.

Ms Lagarde’s nomination will now be discussed by the ECB governing council and the European Parliament, and the final appointment by European Council in October.

Lagarde had hinted in July that she would relinquish her role as head of the IMF during the nomination process to be president of the European Central Bank.

July 16, 2019 ICPC Pledge To Continue Fighting Against Corruption
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ICPC Pledge To Continue Fighting Against Corruption

the need to rid Nigeria of all forms or semblances of corruption remains absolute and as such, there is a need for absolute collaboration among agencies and individuals to fight systemic and endemic corruption.

This formed part of the resolutions reached at the Stakeholders Meeting, organised by the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption – PACAC in collaboration with the National Orientation Agency – NOA in Akwa Ibom state.

The stakeholders meeting held in Uyo had as theme; “Value Reorientation and the Fight Against Corruption” and drew attendance from other anti-corruption agencies, religious leaders, civil society groups, youths, professionals and other groups who have stakes in the anti-corruption fight.

Setting the tone, chairman on the event, Professor FEMI ADEKUNLE, himself a member of PACAC, said though the anti-corruption war has faced numerous challenges, it must be sustained to achieve desired results.

The PACAC/NOA Stakeholders Meeting featured paper presentations by two erudite members of the academia; Dr ROBERT DODE, the Head, Political Science Department at the University of Uyo -UNIUYO; and Dr VICTOR USOH, a criminologist and lecturer with the National Open University of Nigeria -NOUN.

The two gentlemen, in their separate papers, noted the causes of corruption, its effects on the society, and also recommended stiffer penalties for offenders.

Later in a chat with Inspiration FM, host of the event and state Director, National Orientation Agency –NOA in the state, Mr ENO UYOH, said the theme of the meeting followed the need to rebuild hitherto broken values in citizens.

According to Mr UYOH, meetings like these was key to ensuring that the next generation of Nigerians look away from corrupt practices in their dealings.

At the event was the state commissioner for the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission –ICPC, Mr OLUSOLA SHODIPO.

Correspondent OKODI OKODI reports that the ICPC boss also pledged their determination to sustain the fight against corruption in Nigeria.


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