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Fayose pays labour for prolonged strike to stall impeachment process' - APC alleges

Fayose pays labour for prolonged strike to stall impeachment process' - APC alleges



The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has alleged that the state government is planning to talk the state civil servants into embarking on a prolonged labour crisis, in order to frustrate the impeachment proceedings instituted against the governor, Ayo Fayose, by the APC lawmakers in the state Assembly.


Speaking in a statement on Wednesday, April 29, in Ado Ekiti, Taiwo Olatubosun, the Publicity Secretary of the party cautioned the organised labour not to sacrifice general interest for selfish interest.


It was also alleged that some labour leaders have received huge sum of money from the government for various solidarity rallies in the last six months.


Olatubosun said plans for a politically-motivated industrial action that will last till the middle of June is in the works by the compromised labour leaders.


He said two options were put before the labour leaders at a meeting with Fayose on April 27 – they were to either choose to force a prolonged holiday from May 29 till the first week of June or for the government to trigger workers’ anger through half payment of April salary, that will force workers to embark on indefinite strike. He said the leaders chose the second option.


“To set the planned strike in motion, the governor has offered to pay half salary for April, which labour would reject, leading to a disagreement that would spark a strike action,” Olatubosun further said.

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Nigeria: I'm President Until May 29 -Jonathan Warns Buhari Against Parallel Govt

Nigeria: I'm President Until May 29 -Jonathan Warns Buhari Against Parallel Govt


President Goodluck Jonathan today reminded Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria's president-elect that he is still President till May 29.

The President also warned Buhari against running a parallel government. According to DAILY TRUST, the National Planning Minister Abubakar Sulaiman disclosed this to State House journalists after today’s the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.

The minister said the Federal Government took exception to some of the terms of reference of the transition committee set up by Buhari. He warned that President Jonathan’s magnanimity should not be misconstrued as cowardice.

APC Blames PDP For Aregbesola's Failure to Pay Osun Workers' 6 Months Wages

APC Blames PDP For Aregbesola's Failure to Pay Osun Workers' 6 Months Wages


The Osun Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC has fingered the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Governor Rauf Aregbesola's failure to pay state employees for the past 6 months.

PUNCH reports that spokesperson of the APC in Osun State, Mr. Kunle Oyatomi, said this in a statement.

He said, ''The long and difficult battle to defeat the forces of evil that have squandered the nation’s wealth has just ‎been won comprehensively. This has now paved the way for a new, progressive and responsible APC government to take over the affairs of the country and end the suffering which PDP’s corruption, mismanagement and treasury looting have brought on Nigerians including workers in the state of Osun.

''This is a pleasant transition moment that requires sober, intelligent and calculating responses from all stakeholders in the state of Osun, so that we do not turn victory into sorrow by engaging in actions that will create more problems than solutions.

''Alhaji Mohammadu Buhari has promised to solve this problem, it is our duty to exercise patience and trust the integrity of the new President to deliver on his promise. Labour and civil servants should give the new leader a breathing space to demonstrate his integrity and progressive credentials, which is not in dispute, except in the evil consciousness of the PDP leadership in the state.

Permanent Secretary Suspended For Embarrassing President Jonathan

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APC reverses Buhari on AIT, says all accredited media free to cover President-elect’s activitie

APC reverses Buhari on AIT, says all accredited media free to cover President-elect’s activitie


The All Progressives Congress, APC, has reversed the controversial decision taken by President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to bar the Africa Independent Television, AIT, from covering his activities.

The party said all accredited media organizations in the country, including the AIT, are free to cover the activities of the president elect.

AIT journalists were on Monday denied access to Mr. Buhari’s temporary office when they showed up to cover his official engagements.

His spokesperson, Garba Shehu, cited family and security concerns for the decision.

“AIT has been asked to stay aside based on security and family concerns. In addition, Buhari has decided that they will have to resolve some issues relating to issues of standard and ethics.

“We will be talking with them to try and resolve the matter, but for now the station has been asked to stay aside, because like I said there are some family and security concerns. They have been asked to step down their coverage until we resolve the matter with them on ethics and standard,” Mr. Shehu said.

However, the party in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, said the incoming Buhari Administration would not discriminate against any media organization, irrespective of its role during the electioneering campaign leading up to the recent polls.

The statement however enjoined all media organizations to observe the highest level of professional standards in carrying out their duties.

”There is a Code of Ethics guiding the practice of journalism in Nigeria, and this demands every journalist to ensure a strict adherence to the highest levels of ethics and professionalism in carrying out their duties.

”There must be repercussions, within the realms of the law, for media organizations which have wantonly breached the Code of Ethics of the journalism profession and turned themselves to partisans instead of professionals. But such repercussions will not include barring any accredited media organization from covering the activities of the President-elect,” the APC said.

A lot of Nigerians had condemned Mr. Buhari’s decision to bar the AIT from his activities.

Majority of those who spoke on the matter considered it an infringement on press freedom.

Some however view the decision as payback to AIT after they ran a series of documentaries maligning Mr. Buhari during the electioneering campaign prior to the election.

A UK-based activist and strong supporter of Mr. Buhari, Kayode Ogundamisi, described the decision as a “disappointing”.

Writing on his Facebook page, Mr. Ogundamisi said although it is understandable for the President-elect to feel aggrieved about the activities of AIT, there was no basis for Mr. Buhari to ostracize the television station.

“News of General Buhari barring AIT is disappointing, the decision should be reversed, whoever advised the General to bar the organisation does not wish him well,” Mr. Ogundamisi said.

Also, an Abuja based lawyer, Abdul Mahmud, in a telephone interview, told PREMIUM TIMES that the decision to bar AIT was strange.

He said Mr. Buhari promised Nigerians change and that if he felt his fundamental rights were infringed upon, there were a lot of channels open for him to seek redress.

He said Buhari should have approached the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria, the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission or even a competent court of law.

Mr. Mahmud also said Mr. Buhari would be taking off on a wrong footing by declaring a media war.

“I have not seen anywhere in the world where the government wins the war against a big media outfit. In the short term, the government will be successful, but once the government starts making mistakes, other media houses will be drawn into the war to support the media group being ostracised by the government,” he said.

Mr. Mahmud also faulted the decision of Mr. Buhari on the grounds of privacy, as the place of his present abode, the Defence House, is an official building that is owned by Nigerian taxpayers.

However, some Nigerians also said Mr. Buhari acted within his right to stop the AIT from covering his activities.

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Movement, PDM, Bashir Yusuf said the change Nigerians voted for is a change from having things done on the basis of “business as usual”.

Writing on his twitter page, Mr, Yusuf said right to free speech stops where one’s right to privacy and safety starts.

“When people voted for change, were they told AIT and the media will be exempt? That business as usual can proceed in the name of free speech?

“In the US they have barred media organisations from covering the White House on ethical grounds. Now AIT is involved, the heavens is about to fall.

“I am of the view that AIT and NTA’s licences should have been revoked a long time ago. They have serially violated the Broadcasting Code.

“It’s a fallacy that because you have the money to set up a private TV station, you are a defender of free speech and can invade my privacy,” he said
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