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Strike: NLC shut down banks, hospitals, schools in Ogun
By Francesca Hangeior
Banks, schools and hospitals were shut down in Ogun State on Monday as a result of the indefinite strike called by organised labour consisting of the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress.
It was gathered that banks around Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta did not open for operation while schools around the axis such as St Annes Nursery and Primary School sent their pupils back home.
Nurses also withdrawn their services at the State Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta leaving the doctors to render skeletal services.
A senior matron who spoke under the condition of anonymity for fear of victimisation also confirmed that the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu joined the strike and the patients have been told to go home.
The source said, “I can tell you that the staff in OOUTH have joined the strike, although, the doctors who are not members of NLC are still on duty. The patients are left with no other choice than to be discharged and come back whenever the strike is called off”.
Speaking to journalists about the industrial action, the Chairman, Trade Union Congress, Ogun State, Akeem Lasisi described the strike as very successful saying that the compliance has been very total and quite encouraging.
Lasisi said “We are all aware that the organised labour gave the federal government till May 31, 2024, to implement the new minimum wage and that if it fails, the labour will have no choice but to embark on the indefinite strike starting today.
The organised labour also demanded that the recently increased electricity tariff from N225 per kilowatt per hour should also be reverted to N66 per kilowatt per hour.
“We have warned the government that the labour reject this apartheid categorisation of electricity consumers into band A, B, C, D, labour rejected this discrimination and told the FG to revert this policy but the government has failed to do this. Even the Minister of Power has said nothing about this.
“The Federal government said it will pay workers N60,000 new minimum wage but we want all Nigerians to know that organised labour cannot reduce the minimum wage because as we speak, the least paid federal government worker collects N77,000.”
He added, “How will the federal government now be offering N60,000, there is a lot of insincerity on the part of the government..the truth is that the workers are suffering with all the increase in prices of food and other commodities, what of transportation fares? Life is becoming too hard.
“The level of compliance as far as the strike is concerned is total..the schools, hospitals, the local government secretariats, the state and even federal secretariat are shut down. We only allow some schools to open because of the students writing the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, so the strike in Ogun State has been quite successful.
“We however sincerely hope that the federal government will be reasonable enough to dialogue with workers to get this challenge resolved once and for all in favour of the workers. The truth is that the suffering is much and the government needs to respond positively to our modest requests.”
Both NLC and TUC directed their members to proceed on indefinite strike due to the refusal of the government to accede to their request of over N494,000 minimum wage while the Federal Government has offered to pay N60,000
Organised labour has equally demanded that the federal government revert the recently increased electricity tariff from N225 per kilowatt/hour to N66 kilowatts/hour.
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By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
Less than twenty-four hours to the start of voting in Saturday’s governorship poll in Edo State, a rash of fake news has broken out.
Leading parties in the election have had their fair shares of fake news either indicating the withdrawal of their candidates or disqualification by a Magistrate Court or Supreme Court.
For instance, Olumide Akpata of LP was said to have withdrawn from the race and thrown his support for Asue Ighodalo in a statement that read smoothly and appeared convincing.
THE CONCLAVE sent the statement to Akpata via WhatsApp for confirmed.
He responded by sending the same statement with FAKE NEWS boldly stamped on it.
He said he was set for victory at the poll.
There was also a news flash about the Supreme Court disqualifying Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party, with a sign off: More details coming….
A Magistrate Court in Abuja was also reported to have disqualified Monday Okpebholo of the APC from the poll on account of age falsification.
The APC campaign organisation had swiftly put a lie to the report by deploying the court papers in the circumstance.
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Guber poll :PDP govs storm Edo to support Ighodalo
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
Barely 24hours to governorship election in Edo State, no fewer than two governors elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday arrived Benin City.
The governors, Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa and Kefas Agbu of Taraba, arrived the state to mobilise support for the party’s candidate, Asue Ighodalo.
Fintiri made this known in a post on his social media page on Friday evening.
He said : “Just touched down in Edo State alongside my brother, Gov. Agbu Kefas, ahead of the September 21st gubernatorial election. We stand united in support of our Official PDP Nigeria candidate, Asue ighodalo, for a brighter future.”
Edo governor, Godwin Obaseki, who is the PDP leader in the state, had earlier cried out over alleged plot by the All Progressives Congress to rig the election.
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