NIGERIA CURRENT POLITICAL SYSTEM IS NOT FAIR MORALLY OR SOCIALLY~~NDUME

Senator Ali Ndume has expressed disappointment with the wages Nigerian workers are paid across the country. 

 

Speaking at a webinar organised by the Emmanuel Chapel themed, ‘Economic stability beyond COVID-19’, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Muhammadu Sanusi, vindicated his position on the high cost of running a presidential democracy which he said is no longer realistic. 

 

Ndume said; 

 

“We have a budget of N10tn and only 30 per cent is going to the majority, whereas 70 per cent will be spent on a few minority. The system we are practising now is not fair either morally or socially.

“In the current system, workers are not being paid living wages, whereas a privileged few are earning luxury wages. The National Assembly members, including me, for instance, are paid luxury wages.

“How can we live comfortably when only a few of us are living a life of luxury while the majority are living in abject poverty? The N30,000 minimum wage is too small; it can make workers engage in corruption in order to survive.”

 

The former Senate Leader also disclosed that lawmakers in the national assembly might kick against a change from presidential democracy to parliamentary system of government, because the current system of government works in their favour. 

 

The senator who represents Borno South Senatorial District said; 

 

“Parliamentary system is effective in the sense that the head of government is more or less one among equals of the parliamentarians.

“Therefore, accountability is achieved in the chamber in the sense that the prime minister has to be in the parliament every day, and he must give account of government to his colleagues.

“Also, ministers are selected among the elected parliamentarians. The idea is to reduce the cost of governance and make it more effective.”

 

Ndume also appealed to legal luminaries to come together and reach an agreement which will initiate the constitution amendment through referendum.

LASTMA OFFICIALS CAUGHT IN A VIRAL VIDEO COUNTING MONEY EXTORTED FROM ROAD USERS

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has reacted to the viral video showing their staff counting money allegedly extorted from road users.

 

In the video, one female LASTMA staff is seen holding the money before handing it over to another female staff to count. The man who shared the video said it was a male staff named Officer Hunpegan that asked them to pay 50,000 Naira before they'll be released. He then gave the money to his assistants to count before leaving the office
 

Reacting to the video, LASTMA said they are carrying out an investigation.

 

They tweeted: "Our attention has been drawn to the recent video making rounds about extortion from our officers. The Agency has taken note of this even as investigation has commenced. The officers involved will be summoned for subsequent disciplinary action, if found guilty. @jidesanwoolu.

 

"We urge the public to continue to report any errant officer(s) to the agency via any of the channels provided.@followlasg."

 

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VULCANIZER ARRESTED FOR STEALING PAIR OF PANTS BELONGING TO FEMALE CUSTOMER IN OGUN STATE

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 22-year-old vulcanizer, Dele Ope, for allegedly stealing a pair of pants belonging to a female customer.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.

Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested following a report by the woman at the Warewa Division in the Ifo Local Government Area of the state.

According to her, after the vulcanizer had fixed the tyre and left, she discovered that her pair of pants spread on a line in the compound was missing.

“Since the vulcanizer was the only person, who came into the compound, she went round in search of him, but he was nowhere to be found,” the PPRO stated.

Oyeyemi said the Divisional Police Officer, Warewa Division, SP Folake Afeniforo, after receiving the report, detailed detectives to trace and arrest the suspect.

He added, “His house was quickly searched and the woman’s pair of pants was recovered there.

“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to stealing the pair of pants with the intention of taking it to a herbalist for money rituals.”

Oyeyemi said the Commissioner of Police in the state, Kenneth Ebrimson, had ordered that the suspect be charged as soon as investigation was concluded.
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ALL OFFICALS INVOLVED IN THE HARRASMENT A WOMAN IN OJODU ABIODUN HAS BEEN SUSPENDED

A woman was arrested harassed and brutalized by a man simply named as Mr Peter , an  official at IFO LOCAL GOVERNMENT in OGUN state,
However, the chairman of the local government in question has suspended all the officials involved in this show of shame.
Read the press statement bellow;

PRESS RELEASE
The attention of the Office of the Transition Chairman, Ifo Local Government, Ogun State has been called to a viral video that suggests a case of assault on a lady at Ojodu Abiodun Area of the Local Government.
It came as a rude shock to me, when I saw the video of one of our officials enforcing the lockdown order with gross inhumane attitude.
His attitude does not portray the humane nature popularly preached by Ifo local Government.
On this note, I am suspending all officials involved without pay, until further notice.
Rest assured, the public should be aware that all hands are on deck on this issue and whoever is  found guilty will be dealt with decisively.
Meanwhile, as at the time of this release, the primary official involved has been arrested.
E-signed:
Hon. Fola Salami

7 NIGERIAN JOURNALISTS DIED WITHIN 7 DAYS !!!

Seven Nigerian journalists.who work with different media organizations in Nigeria, died of different ailments within the last seven days.

 

On the list are Dan Foster (Cool FM, Inspiration FM, City FM and Classic FM), Hugo Odiogor (former Editor at the Vanguard), Xavier Ndayongmong (Crime Editor at Daily Independent), Nkiruka Udoh (Crime and Defence Correspondent at AIT), Naomi Uzor (Business Desk at the Vanguard), Aramide Praise Oikelome (the Media Project and Independent Newspapers), and Azeez Ozi Sanni (Cartoonist at The Nation).

 

Dan Foster died on June 17. His wife Lovina confirmed to Channels TV that he was tested for COVID-19 and the result came back positive one day before his death.

 

Mr. Hugo Odiogor, is a popular foreign affairs analyst and ex-Chairman, Vanguard Editorial Board. Odiogor died on Saturday, June 20, after a protracted illness which had seen him travel to India.

 

Nkiruka Udoh, a Crime and Defence Correspondent at Africa Independent Television (AIT) was said to have died of complications from fibroid operation.

 

Naomi Uzor, a correspondent on the Business Desk at Vanguard Newspaper reportedly died from complications related to high blood pressure.

 

Azeez Sanni, who was a Cartoonist at The Nation Newspaper, died after battling with a liver problem.

 

CROSS RIVER GOVERNOR ADVISER ALLEGEDLY SET LOCALS FIRE AFTER HE HAD A DREAM THAT THEY BETRAYED HIM (PHOTOS)

Thomas Obi Tawo, aka General Iron, has been accused of burning locals to force them to confess after he had a dream that they fought him.

Obi Tawo is the Special Adviser on Forestry Security to Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade.

According to Journalist Agba Jalingo, Tawo tortured locals and went as far as burning parts of their bodies with fire to force a confession out of them based on a dream he had.
Jalingo wrote  "The atrocities of Thomas Obi Tawo, aka General Iron in Boki LGA of Cross River state. He is Governor Ayade's Special Adviser on Forestry Security. He dreamt that this people fought with him in his dream and he picks them from their houses and burn them with fire till they confess."

11 LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN LAGOS STATE ACCOUNT FOR 60´% OF COVID-19 IN NIGERIA

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwu-Olu need to do more in combating the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
According to the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, PTF, 11 Local Government Areas, LGAs, in Lagos State are among the 20 LGAs in the that account for 60 percent of the total COVID-19 cases nationwide. The LGAs in question are: Mainland, Mushin, Eti-Osa, Alimosho, Kosofe, Ikeja, Oshodi/Isolo, Apapa, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos Island and Surulere.

 Ifeanyi blamed the increasing rate of infection in Lagos state and Nigeria at large on failure to enforce the restriction on interstate movement which he said was a major contributor to increasing cases nationwide.
 “Certainly, something is amiss. The failed enforcement of the restriction on Interstate movement is a major contributory factor to the ever increasing reported COVID-19 positive cases across the country including Lagos. The virus does not move. Folks move, and that continues to fuel the spread of the virus. “Another factor behind the unabated spread of COVID-19 in Lagos State is ineffective risk communication. The buy-in of the populace is indispensable in the fight.
“The average person on the street is aware of COVID-19 pandemic, but, trust deficits exist, they do not believe the stories being banded around by government agents. We have to change the strategy so as to secure the buy-in of the people, and Lagosians in particular.”
Ifeanyi said the most appropriate stakeholders on sectoral basis were not being engaged in Lagos, and that the Lagos State government needs to ramp up the issues about risk communication and carry everyone along regarding the efforts at combating COVID-19 .
“Following the eased lockdown, life has since returned to normal in most parts of Lagos. The only thing not happening at this particular time is that worship centres and schools are still closed. Regrettably, all that the people know is just the conventional information about respiratory hygiene, hand hygiene and the general non pharmaceutical interventions.
“People in Lagos are in significant breach of the COVID-19 infection prevention protocol, so the message must go down to the people, the target must be the individual who the state government must do all to be in substantial or full compliance with the protocol. That is the magic wand to reducing the spread COVID-19 infection in Lagos and Nigeria.
 “ According to Ifeanyi, the state government must begin to aggressively engage the leaderships of the major industrial sectors such as the leadership of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, and related groups.
“It’s very important because the way people move around in Lagos is one major reason for the continued spread of the virus in Lagos. The taxi driver and all commercial vehicle drivers need training on how to manage their passengers, on the criteria for boarding and while onboard, passengers and ultimately on how to periodically decontaminate their vehicles. This is not being practised or enforced.

 Lagos state government must enforce safety protocols, social distancing. all worship centres  must remain  closed. Interstate movement must be shunned at this time.