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Eight months after the Federal Government commenced payment of N35,000, a wage award in addition to N30,000 minimum wage to workers, and urged state governments to replicate it, 15 states are yet to do so while seven paid briefly and stopped. The wage award was to lessen the burden of economic hardship on the citizenryContinue reading "Hardship: Labour kicks as 20 states deny workers wage award"

Barely a month to the Adamawa Local Government Elections, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has directed the People's Democratic Party and its Candidates for the Local Government Elections in the State to ensure gender equality by picking female running mates in the forthcoming electoral contest. The governor who gave the directive during a stake holders meetingContinue reading "Adamawa LG Polls:Choose Female Running Mates, Fintiri Orders Flag Bearers. Stanley Mijah Yola"

Organised Labour has rejected President Bola Tinubu’s claims that an agreement has been reached on new national minimum wages in his nationwide broadcast to make Democracy Day. According to Organized Labour at the time negotiations ended on Friday, June 7, there was no agreement reached by the Tripartite Committee on the National Minimum Wage. Rather, two figures suchContinue reading "BREAKING: Labour rejects Tinubu’s claims of agreement on new minimum wage By Victor AhiumaYoung"

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has regretted that despite decades of practice of democracy, the nation's democracy cannot still provide good governance and sustainable development to its population over the years.In his message to the Adamawa population to mark this year's Democracy Day celebration, Governor Fintiri said that Nigeria under the democratic experienceContinue reading "June 12:Fintiri Picks Hole In Nigeria’s Democracy. Stanley Mijah, Yola."

My fellow Nigerians, let me begin by congratulating all of us for witnessing the celebration of another Democracy Day today, the 12th day of June 2024. This year also marks our nation’s 25 years of uninterrupted democratic governance. On this day, 31 years ago, we entered our rites of passage to becoming a true andContinue reading "FULL SPEECH: There Is No Doubt That My Reforms Have Initiated Hardship — President Tinubu"

In his nationwide broadcast, today on Democracy Day, the President noted that some persons sacrificed their lives to ensure that democratic government was put in place about 25 years ago. His words: “My dear compatriots, Nigeria faced a decision of untold gravity 25 years ago: Whether to veer towards a better destination or continue aimlesslyContinue reading "June 12: President Tinubu Nationwide broadcasts and the Current Challenges across the country"