The PDP therefore demands an open and public trial of all those arrested so that all issues and charges against them as well as their defence therein would also be in the public domain. We demand a proper investigation and lawful prosecution instead of the reprehensible resort to outright political persecution, which can only have a place in a military regime. The National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh in a statement on Tuesday, said the military style of pronouncement of guilt on Chief Dokpesi before any fair hearing, betrays the fact that he is a victim of political persecution and mob trial by the APC government because of his association with the PDP.
“It is only in Nigeria that one says because somebody has contributed to the success of the ruling party, corruption charges should be withdrawn against him. But if he falls out of favour tomorrow, then, EFCC will bring up the remaining charges. The Senator representing Kaduna Central in the Nigerian Senate, Shehu Sani, on Tuesday challenged the Code of Conduct Bureau to look into asset declarations of other Governors who served at the same time as the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, saying politics should not be mixed with anti-graft war.
On the controversy surrounding the supply of permanent voters cards to come local government areas of the state and the calls on the use of Card Readers during the poll, Yakubu said though the delay on the supply was regrettable,” the supplementary voters card totalled 52,000 have been supplied this morning and handed over to the Resident Electoral Commission. And we will discuss with the stakeholders on a suitable and effective way of distribution. The INEC boss added that no voter would be allowed to vote without accreditation through the card reader. The national chairman of the INEC,Prof Mahmood Yakubu, said the commission has put necessary arrangements needed to conduct free and fair poll despite the allegations by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the plot by the All Progressive Congress (APC) to rig the elections.
Africa was depicted as an orphaned place, abandoned by progress, peace and prosperity. The continent was alternatively viewed as an object of pity and scorn. Often, Africans were treated as passive, unthinking players in our own lives if not squatters on our own land,” he added.He said recent events in Paris had confirmed that Boko Haram was an aspect of a violent global phenomenon. All who believe in the enlightened progress of mankind must unite in partnership to tackle the root causes of violent extremism. We must battle poverty, intolerance, illiteracy and the alienation born of the lack of access to opportunity,” he said.
According to him, poverty and conflict continue to impede the development of Africa, stressing that in Nigeria, the evil of Boko Haram has scarred the social and economic landscape of the northeastern region. Former Governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu speaking on the occasion of the formal launch of the Centre for African Entrepreneurship and Leadership (CAEL) and his Investiture as the patron at the University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom on Monday, Tinubu said the present contributions of CAEL to Africa convinced him to work with the centre for the good of the future.
We will ensure that any governor that they to reduce the N18,000 minimum wage will not have rest in his domain until the right thing is done. Reducing the minimum wage is something that cannot be defended. If political office holders still collect the same salaries nationwide, there is justification for anybody to be thinking of tinkering with the minimum wage.
“I want to assure us that the issue of review of the minimum wage, the leadership stands on that. We are only trying to consult with the TUC to ensure that they don’t divide our rank and come up with a figure that we will make public before we make our demand. I think it is defensive for them to say that they cannot continue to pay the minimum wage. I also think that they are saying so because they know that the review is due”
Comrade Wabba also called for a review of Privatisation policy of the government saying it has not yeilded the desired result especially in the power sector which he said has resulted into more darkness rather than leading to improved power supply. Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Ayuba Wabba, Speaking at the delegate conference of the Non Academic Staff Union (NASU), Wabba said since the five- year period stipulated for the review of the minimum wage had lapsed, the NLC was working in collaboration with the Trade Union Congress (TUC) to arrive at a figure to be presented to government