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Minimum Wage: Be patient with Tinubu, Onanuga pleads
The Presidency on Monday appealed to Nigerians not to pile unnecessary pressure on President Bola Tinubu, assuring that he would transmit the proposed bill on the new minimum wage to the National Assembly once it is ready.
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made the plea.
The assurance comes barely 24 hours after the Organised Labour urged the President to consider consulting and reaching an agreement with its leadership before transmitting the bill to the National Assembly.
The workers’ union admitted that their much anticipated meeting of the National Executive Committee, which will accommodate about 300 Labour leaders, is being stalled by Tinubu’s delay to transmit the wage bill.
The last time the NLC and the TUC held a joint extraordinary National Executive Council was on June 4.
It was an emergency meeting to determine whether to continue its strike or shelve it following the agreement they reached with the government.
The President had announced in his Democracy Day broadcast that a consensus had been reached between the Federal Government and Labour on the new wage, a claim both the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress debunked.
A month after his speech, Tinubu left the camp of Labour and Nigerians waited in anxiety on what the FG was up to.
Reacting, Onanuga wondered what the rush for the transmission of the bill was all about.
While admitting that he had no knowledge of the date for submission, the presidential aide pleaded for more time.
“People should be patient,” he stated.
His appeal comes one week after he reiterated that the N250,000 wage being demanded by the workers’ union is unsustainable, warning that the Federal Government cannot channeled all its resources to meet such demand.
Last Updated on June 29, 2024 by Fellow Press
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has declared that it would embark on strike in the next two weeks if agreements with the Federal Government are not met.
The Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Calabar Zone, Comrade Happiness Uduk, said this while addressing a press conference and protest organized by Calabar Zone of ASUU, at Abia state University, Uturu Main Campus.
She said that various agreements between the union and the Federal government were yet to be honoured, leaving the academic staff and educational sector at large in deplorable condition.
She listed the issues to include no salary increment, salary arrears, poor funding of universities and non-payment of Earned Academic Allowances, among others.
The union rejected the Integrated Personal and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) and the introduction of Treasury Single Account (TSA) in Abia State University, Uturu, and also condemned the victimisation of members of ASUU in Ebonyi State University (EBSU).
It expressed regrets that monthly wages of lecturers have been rubbished by the high cost of living in the country.
ASUU also rejected the Federal Government’s loan package for Nigerian students, warning that it would enslave the students.
“Universities would be shut down for academic activities in the next two weeks. Please take the message to them,” Uduk said.
Also speaking, the Chairman of ASUU in Abia State University, Dr Chidi Mba rejected the Treasury Single Account.
Mba, who said the lecturers are owed between 11 and 14 months salaries, also complained that salaries of some workers were slashed.
The ASUU Chairman called on the Abia State government to increase the funding for the school.
Calabar Zone of ASUU comprises of seven Universities namely University of Calabar, University of Uyo, Alex Ekwueme University, Abia State University, Ebonyi State University and Akwa Ibom State University.
Last Updated on June 29, 2024 by Fellow Press
Former First lady, Dame Patience Jonathan. has stated that she wouldn’t want to return to the presidential villa she and her husband, Goodluck Jonathan, occupied for eight years because “the stress of Nigeria is too much.”
While at a public function on Friday, June 28, Mrs Jonathan said;
“If you call me now for villa, I wouldn’t go there. I won’t. Don’t you see how young I am? The stress is so much. The stress of Nigeria is so much. If God manages to bring you out of it, you should glorify God and thank for the lord’s doing because it is marvellous in his eyes. He has taken you there once, why do you want to go there again? Me I won’t go oo!!!” she said
The Jonathans exited the presidential villa in 2015 after Buhari won the elections and was sworn into office.
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