Organized labour in Nigeria has announced that it had reached a consensus with the federal government to review the National Minimum Wage on the proposed N56, 000 from the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for all Nigerian Workers.
The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja today, Wednesday, said that the consensus was reached during the sitting of the Technical Committee on Palliative. He added that the committee was meant to look into the framework to ameliorate the sufferings of Nigerians and cushion the effect of the increase in the price of fuel.
The NLC leader said that the report of the committee, which was also meant to discuss the issue of the minimum wage, was ready for submission. “I think there is a consensus on the fact that nobody has said that the minimum wage should not be reviewed. The palliative report is ready and it would be submitted before the end of the month. “At the last palliative meeting, labour leaders had requested that they needed to look at the main report of the committee before submission. “So, the technical committee will have to submit its report to Mr. President and not to the Minister of Labour and Employment.”
Wabba said that after the submission, the Presidency would then set up the tripartite committee that would involve the government, private and public sector.
The NLC President said that labour was hopeful that the minimum wage committee would be constituted soon. He said that labour had also received positive response from the National Assembly, saying that the Senate had promised to pass the bill. Labour unions had submitted a proposal to the government demanding for N56, 000 as minimum wage. [myad]
Katsina State House of Assembly sacked its speaker, Alhaji Aliyu Muduru and Chief Whip, Alhaji Bishir Mamman Dutsin-ma.
A member of the Assembly, representing Katsina Constituency and Majority Leader, Alhaji Hanbali Faruk, moved the motion for the impeachment, and was seconded by Alhaji Abubakar, a member representing Funtua Constituency, at the plenary session today, Wednesday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that 23 out of the 34 members voted in favour of the impeachment and removal of the speaker, after which Alhaji Yahya Abubakar from Kusada Constituency was quickly elected as new Speaker. The new speaker was sworn-in immediately.
Also, Alhaji Nasir Yahaya, representing Daura constituency, was picked as new Chief Whip.
No reason was given to the sacking of the two principal officers of the House of Assembly. [myad]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of telling lies by claiming that the Federal government withheld the state monthly allocation, resulting in the none payment of salaries for workers in the state..
In a statement today, Wednesday, the state APC Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said that contrary to Governor Ayodele Fayose’s misinformation and lies to instigate Ekiti people against President Muhammadu Buhari and blackmail APC-led Federal Government as responsible for his inability to pay workers, it is the governor that should be blamed for the breach of agreement he signed with the Federal Government to enjoy special funds approved by the Federal Government for budget support intervention in the states.
Fayose had on Tuesday called a press conference in Ado-Ekiti where he told reporters that the Federal Government was deliberately starving Ekiti State funds to cripple his development initiatives, including failing to pay workers, in order to set Ekiti people against his government to enable APC win the 2018 governorship election.
The APC spokesman said that Fayose was not saying the truth, and that failure of the governor to adhere to the terms of agreement in the approval of the money to the states was likely to be responsible for the stoppage of payment to Ekiti State.
He said that the workers should hold the governor responsible for barring the state from enjoying the facility like his counterparts in other states.
“All the states that are enjoying the budget support funds to enable them pay workers salaries signed an agreement to allow the Federal Government monitor and audit the disbursement of this special fund, which is different from statutory monthly allocation from the Federation Account, for salary payment.
“While other states have kept to the agreement, Fayose asked his Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Owoseni Ajayi, to write to the Federal Government that the state would never open its accounts to the Federal Government for monitoring and auditing and it is only Ekiti governor that is breaching that agreement to qualify for the Budget Support Fund.
“Curiously, Fayose never told Ekiti workers that the state was enjoying this facility until it was stopped over breach of agreement and now he is crying that the state’s allocation was stopped for political reasons, whereas it is the budget support fund that might have been stopped and not the monthly statutory allocation.”
Olatunbosun said that even though Fayose had been collecting N1.3 billion every month in the last nine months as budget support fund to pay salaries, he never told workers that he was benefiting from the scheme, as workers were being owed seven months’ salary.
He only “fraudulently” turned around to deceive the people that Ekiti allocation was stopped by the Federal Government for political reasons.
“Fayose administration’s fraudulent manner in conducting government business is responsible for the hardship workers are going through today. How could the workers have known that Fayose had been cruising home with N1.3b monthly which he has not accounted for?
“He is the only governor that disallowed the Federal Government from monitoring and auditing the disbursement of Budget Support fund as agreed with the Federal Government, the same way he is the only governor in the country who has refused to implement the Treasury Single Account (TSA) system; all these to enable him misappropriate Ekiti money without trace.
“We can see that in the secrecy surrounding the balances in the state’s internally generated revenue account, which no one knows anything about, and misappropriation of about N20b bailout he collected to pay salaries.
“Ekiti people, especially workers, should ask Fayose what he has done with N20b bailout he collected in two tranches, including the N10b he borrowed for capital projects which he has diverted through his contractors, N2b micro credit scheme which he allegedly pocketed, N2b Ecological Fund he can’t account for, N5b refund on roads and regular monthly allocation in the last 28 months that he has been in the saddle.
“Is the allocation of one month, which Fayose claimed was stopped, also responsible for non-payment of seven months salary of workers and nine months for pensioners after collecting N20b bailout and N1.3b Budget Support cash for nine months?”
Olatunbosun urged workers to hold Fayose responsible for their plights and not the Federal Government that had been releasing funds to Fayose to pay salaries but which he had misappropriated.
He challenged the labour leaders to come out and defend the workers now and stop being Fayose’s lap dog.
“We challenge the workers and pensioners to verify if Fayose has not been collecting monthly allocation and budget support every month. They should set up a committee comprising the workers and pensioners and even we volunteer to be part of such committee as a fact finding mission to investigate how the Budget support fund is being expended monthly. Olatunbosun berated Fayose for his greed.
“The budget support is not a national cake for Fayose to be putting in his personal account so there is no way the Federal government can fold its arms and watch Ekiti workers suffer why Fayose continue to divert money meant for their salary to his private pocket.
“The welfare of workers is paramount to the Buhari led administration and that’s why he has released such huge amount to Fayose who has diverted the money. This may have been responsible for the Federal government withholding the special fund.” The APC insisted that governor Fayose should sort out whatever accountability and transparency issues he had with the Federal Ministry of Finance and stop blackmailing the Federal Government over stoppage of Ekiti allocation, even as he said that the governor had allegedly ruined the state.
He said that the governor should be made to account for every kobo he received from the Federal Government, including the state’s internally generated revenue, since he assumed office. ‘[myad]
The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has dared the federal government to face him squarely for the unending fight and leave workers of his state out of it.
The governor, who visited the headquarters of the ministry of finance today, Wednesday, demanding the release of the state’s N1.1 billion budget support facility for the month of January said: “if they want to fight Fayose, they should fight Fayose, not the civil servants of Ekiti, but I appreciate her promise to resolve the matter.”
The governor, who addressed news men shortly after emerging from the office of the minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, who was said to be at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, attending the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, claimed that Ekiti is the only state that had yet to receive its January allocation.
The governor said that many workers in the state are currently suffering the negative impact of the delay in releasing the fund.
“I believe I should do a follow up today (Wednesday) to meet with the minister of finance for an update, but she actually called me on Tuesday that she just got back but will look into it today (Wednesday) and have it resolved as soon as possible.
“You will however appreciate that Ekiti civil servants are restive, having spent Christmas and there is no money in January, obviously there will be challenges.
“By the time I got here, the minister has already gone for the Federal Executive Council meeting, but I met the Special Adviser, who assured me that the matter will be resolved when the minister is back.
“What we are talking about is a part of the monthly allocation and the budget support which is about N1.1bn that have not been paid.
“I believe this should be done immediately and I want to believe also that it was a mix-up and not political. But if it is political, they will have a lot of questions to answer (about) why it should be so.
The governor said that if the promise of the finance minister is not quickly implemented, he would have no other option but to continue to raise the alarm by bringing the issue back to the public domain.
“It is only Ekiti that is involved and this is the second time, that explains why I was suspicious and have to act fast.
“I got a text from the Central Bank of Nigeia that the money has been paid and later I learnt that there is a withdrawal of that instruction that Ekiti was not included in the list out of the entire Federation.
“So, naturally I have to be and when it happened that it was just Ekiti State alone, I have to be suspicious. The minister has given me her word, at her level as a minister, that is good enough.
“If the promise of the minister to resolve this issue as quickly as possible is not adhere to, I will have to bring it back to the public domain.
“We are all in the court of the public opinion where the public is able to judge whether justice is served at all times. Governance is beyond all of us but I want to believe that they will do it.” [myad]
Ministers, today, prayed sincerely for the safe return of President Muhammadu Buhari from London where he is attending to health matter. The prayer took place shortly before the beginning of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. In the picture are, from right: Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, FCT Minister Muhammad Musa Bello, Minister of State for Environment, Alhaji Ibrahim Jibrin, Minister of Environment, Hajiya Amina Mohammed and others. The Meeting was presided over by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. [myad]
It is common knowledge that President Muhammadu Buhari is alive. This is heartening for well-meaning Nigerians but not mischief makers who had wished that the wicked rumour they deliberately packaged and instigated was real. Presidential spokespersons and other officials of government who have the duty to tell Nigerians and the rest of the world the truth about Buhari’s whereabouts, had put up a spirited defence of the president in the best ways possible, notwithstanding the proclivity by a vast majority of Nigerians to take them and their narratives with a pinch of salt.
They must, however, continue to disabuse the minds of Nigerians that Buhari is not incapacitated, until he returns to his desk at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa. But the truth- around which is a national consensus- is that Buhari is not enjoying the best of health. And, this is understandable. At 74, he is easily vulnerable to physical exertions. After all, how many septuagenarians in our part of the world-where life expectancy is 47 years-enjoy the best of health? Some may want to posit that Buhari should have considered the age factor before deciding to present himself for the job. Good point, no doubt!
A counter point is that Buhari deserves commendation for responding to the urgency of national redemption without considering the incalculable damage the pressure of office could do to his age. This is a measure of his patriotism and love of country- that he took up the gauntlet to serve when some of those in power appeared to have misunderstood the political economy and wantonly mismanaged the wealth of the nation.
In taking up the challenge of governance, he was, perhaps, consumed by the wrong assumption that the Nigeria he ruled over in 1983 to1985- a space of 20 months- before he was ousted through a palace coup is the same country he had fought hard since 2003 to govern. He succeeded in 2015. He has, however, been humble enough to confess that it is not the same Nigeria and that he had, indeed, underestimated the problems confronting the nation. That is commendable.
It is also commendable that Buhari is fighting anyhow to recover the nation’s looted funds. It is a good starting point. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, under Ibrahim Magu’s command, must enjoy some plaudits for successfully driving Buhari’s anti-graft machinery along the line of recovery of stolen public funds. Even if this is the only achievement of Buhari in four years- recovery of stolen funds, their return to government’s coffer and prevention of officials of his government from perpetrating the same perfidy- he would have helped to inculcate in the bureaucracy a renewed sense of moral armament that underscores the truth that public fund is our commonwealth to be deployed for public good and not to be stolen to satisfy gluttonous personal aggrandizement.
Indeed, Buhari would have built a huge legacy that typifies a renaissance in the prudent management of public finance. Had the previous governments been judicious, they would have built up savings for us and invested heavily in administrative machinery that would have translated into accumulation of capital and development of sophisticated infrastructure that would have underpinned a robust economy that is largely immune to recession.
Nigerians should rally support for the president in his anti-graft war. I believe he will get the maximum support if the garb of alleged selectivity that makes the anti-graft agency seems to target only plunderers who happened to be in the immediate past Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government is removed and the inquisition is made to include all who committed financial crimes regardless of party affiliation(s).
Besides, there is the impression being created with respect to overall outlook of governance- that Buhari promised to transform Nigeria in a year. That is not correct. Even the intervention by the minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, that Nigerians gave the APC government a four-year mandate and, therefore, should wait till the end of the term is also not the correct position. Buhari was very clear in his interview with The Cable in 2014 before he emerged as the presidential candidate of the APC that it would take a minimum of five years to take Nigeria out of the woods and had said that Nigerians should be ready to suffer for that long.
The PDP even made an issue out of this during the electioneering through a paid advertorial, with which it called public attention to the danger of voting for a man who had declared, point-blank, that they would suffer for five years. Nigerians discountenanced the public service announcement and voted for Buhari. It would appear they realised that change is always not a sweet experience and had accepted to cooperate with him in displacing the status quo and compromised officialdom that had been entrenched in our body politic over the years.
But the poor masses who are victims of the current economic hardship can no longer remain steadfast in their original support for him. It is, therefore, time to focus on the economy. The economy must be taken out of recession. It is doable. The president only needs to mobilise the nation’s economic potential. Where are the Nigerian equivalents of the British economist, John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), whose “Keynesian Solution” or ”Economics” had a major impact on modern economic and political theory and on many governments’ fiscal policies? He helped to formulate certain functions Britain and US should discharge to stabilise the international economic system. The bottom-line was massive state interventions.
We have them here in their numbers. Buhari should search out a solid economic team to chart the way forward. The countries that were badly affected in the western world during the depression, for instance, intervened to push up market demands by undertaking public works and financing them by money creation (deficit financing). This generated additional income and employment, with market demands for goods and services gradually picking up. Consequently, normalcy was restored and development resumed.
In the United States of America, it was called the New deal.The New Deal was the domestic programme of the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1939. The deal brought about immediate economic relief as well as reforms in industry, agriculture, finance, water, power, labour, and housing, greatly increasing the scope of the federal government’s activities.
The New Deal generally embraced the concept of a government-regulated economy aimed at achieving a balance between conflicting economic interests as opposed to the traditional American political philosophy of laissez-faire. Here, APC during the electioneering in 2015 successfully de-marketed former President Goodluck Jonathan with its mind-boggling promises. Buhari just flowed along. It is time to come to terms with the reality of fulfilling those promises.
And, one assignment that requires urgent attention is tackling the economic recession (or is it depression?). Roosevelt’s New Deal could be adapted. If not, there must be Buhari’s New Deal to save the economy. The suggestion by former governor of Lagos, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in his recent National Defence College Course 25 Lecture that Nigeria should spend her way out of recession remains apposite. There is a need for serious state intervention. It is imperative to save the national economy. Buhari can make it happen.
A middle aged Nigerian man, whose name was given simply as Oscar, has discovered that a young man he raised from birth and who is now 32 years old is not his biological son, after all. The Nigerian man who resides in the United Kingdom, was forced to arrange for a DNA test to determine the paternity of his erstwhile son, Valentine, when his wife allegedly told their presumed son that Oscar was not likely to be Valentine’ s biological father. Valentine had dragged his supposed father, Oscar , to a DNA test centre in Britain after his mother informed him a month ago that the man who had brought him up for the last 32 years may not actually be his dad. As a doting father, Oscar had brought Valentine to England from Nigeria and put him through school. When the result of the DNA test was read to him, Oscar wailed in agony as the results said there was “no per cent chance” he and Valentine were father and son. Oscar wailed in despair as he asked: “He’s not my son?” Valentine was speechless. [myad]
Nollywood star actress, Tonto Dikeh has said that she and her husband, Churchill Olakunle, are no longer together and he has not called to check up on her and their son since she left.
She wrote:
“Dear ‘concerned’ fan, Good day. How are you and your family? My regards, love and greetings to them. Now to address a little bit of your letter, firstly I say I do appreciate your concern. Then I move on to say thank you. When a woman leaves her husband, she takes her child because absolutely nothing else matters to her but the child. This is what I did and I happily give all access for his father to see him. Now my question to you is that did your source also tell you that he has never called for once to Ask how his son is doing? I will admit, I personally blocked his access to me for the sake of my emotional stability. But nonetheless he has the nannys no, my assistants contact,my part time helps number, and many other mediums of reaching the son your source claims I “took away”. He could use all possible mediums wisely if he wished to. Secondly I will let you go on the ill talk on smoking as I would love to believe you were just sent and ignored my drug test result or you never even saw it in the first place.. As an acclaimed “concerned fan” I expect you to pray and not to indirectly throw “concerned” shades.. What goes on in my marriage and home is my personal life, i’m grateful for all the years of support you all have been giving me but when it comes to the matters of the heart have enough respect to let us go thru our moments alone.. Like I said earlier your prayers for wisdom on both parties wld be more appreciated. No one knows what goes on behind close doors…I chose to make you believe and see what I wanted you all to see in order to protect even those that did not deserve protection. My dear friend that’s called marriage!!! God bless you immensely for even thinking about my family, God has never failed, God never sleeps nor slumbers, He is a just God. He never brings us this far to leave us, We will be ok.. Once again thank you so much my “concerned” friend and have a blessed day!!!”
The President-General of Ebira Peoples Association (EPA), Dr. Musa Abdulrahman Adeiza has lamented that Kogi Central Senatorial District is now under security siege and called on the authorities to do something urgently to stop it.
Speaking today at a news briefing on the near-break down of security as kidnapping and unprovoked killings take centre stage in the Senatorial District, Dr. Adeiza insisted that there is no excuse why the security situation had gone down so low that people are no longer safe to move freely.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, we are under siege in Kogi Central.. The situation is so bad that nearly everyone in Kogi Central in particular, now lives in absolute fear. Sons and daughters of Kogi Central who live outside the state are now scared of coming home. For many other Nigerians, traveling through the state has become a fearful experience as security is not always guaranteed. “The situation has also taken a heavy toll on businesses in an area generally regarded as the economic nerve-centre of the state.” We reproduce here, the full text of Dr. adeiza’s news briefing: Ladies and Gentlemen Gentlemen of the Press It is with sadness and a sense of foreboding that we address you today regarding the alarming rate of insecurity and criminality in Kogi State, especially in Kogi Central Senatorial Zone. Members of the Ebira Peoples Association (EPA), the umbrella body of all Ebira people at home and in the Diaspora, are seriously concerned about the rampant cases of mindless killings, kidnappings, robberies and other violent crimes that have come to define every day life in our state. Despite the efforts of governments at all levels, criminals seem to operate freely and unhindered by the presence of a combined forces of police, soldiers and para-military agents. In the last one year, no week has passed without incidents of kidnapping, abduction and even murder in the state. Kogi state is geographically at the heart of this country as the only state that has land borders with as many as eleven states and the Federal Capital Territory (virtually a third of the country). If we dare to look the other way while criminal elements carve out a place for themselves as a forwarding operational base, the consequences may be too much for the entire country if another insurgency steadily brews in this area without check. This problem is not ours alone. The entire country must wake up to this danger, and help eradicate this virus from the very heart of this Nation. Ladies and Gentlemen, we are under siege in Kogi Central.. The situation is so bad that nearly every one in Kogi Central in particular, now lives in absolute fear. Sons and daughters of Kogi Central who live outside the state are now scared of coming home. For many other Nigerians, traveling through the state has become a fearful experience as security is not always guaranteed. The situation has also taken a heavy toll on businesses in an area generally regarded as the economic nerve-centre of the state. Most abductions in Nigeria are done for ransom and the victims are usually freed upon payment of ransom or some form of extended negotiation. The situation in Kogi State has gotten so bad that even where the kidnappers have been paid or offered ransom, the victims are either killed or kept in the custody of their abductors with no further communication with relatives thus foreclosing chances of them reuniting with their families. Let it be on record that no abducted person has ever been successfully rescued, as those that have so far gained their freedom have done so after paying ransom. EPA has followed with keen interest efforts made by the Kogi State Government and the Local Government Authorities of Kogi Central Senatorial Zone in combating the menace of kidnapping. But in the light of the worsening situation, there is an urgent need for a change of strategy. While commending the security agencies and assuring them that EPA will continue to avail them of useful information that will assist them in wiping out criminal elements in our midst, we cannot also fail to observe that these security agents appear overwhelmed at present, largely due to logistical and manpower inadequacies. Intelligence gathering has also become ever so difficult as many residents fear to complain to the increasingly complacent security agents. Such level of distrust has further worsened an already bad situation. There cannot be effective policing when persons to be secured don’t feel safe enough to share credible intelligence with the agencies. The majority of our people are peace-loving and law-abiding. We have resolved, therefore, not to fold our hands and allow a small band of evil people to turn our homeland into a fiefdom of criminals. We urge our people to be vigilant and to report suspicious persons within the community to the appropriate authorities. We must also remain our brothers’ keepers by sustaining the goodwill, love for one another and good neighbourliness which we are well known for. Let me also use this opportunity to commend the youths of Kogi Central particularly, members of the Ebira Youth Congress for their steadfastness and vigilance. I want to urge our people to remain steadfast and be ready to defend their communities at all times. Members of EPA have agreed to continue to interface with the government at all levels and to support the security agencies with all resources at their disposal in addressing the security challenges in the area. In the coming days, we shall deepen our partnership with the mass media, especially the local media organisations to raise the level of awareness and security consciousness among our people while also supporting other communal efforts to arrest these unfortunate incidents of kidnapping in our land. We would like to specifically make the following suggestions to governments at all levels. Our suggestions consist of Short, Medium and Long Term measures, policies and strategies which we hope would be urgently considered and approved: 1. All police, soldiers and state security officers as well as para-military agents currently serving in Kogi Central should be redeployed immediately and be replaced with new ones. As a matter of fact, no security agent should spend more than six months in the area to avoid being thoroughly compromised as it is being largely suspected now. The total number of personnel in the state in general needs to be increased to effectively cope with the geographical peculiarity of the State. 2. Both Federal & State Governments should make concerted efforts to reinforce and review security measures in terms of material, personnel and modus operandi in order to safeguard lives and properties in Kogi Central. 3. Security should be intelligence driven by interfacing with community leaders, Ward Heads, local vigilante groups, Hunters, farmers. 4. There should be a coordinated tactical operation to smoke out criminal elements from their hideouts in homes, bushes, caves, hills, etc. 5. Security surveillance should be on 24-hour duty across the land, instead of the present situation whereby most hotspots are left unmanned through most hours of the day. 6. Operational strategy to security matters should be proactive in approach rather than reactive, while adopting a more effective method to unravel all already perpetrated damages. 7. Governments should as a matter of urgency explore and support the possibility of integrating “CIVILIAN JTF ” into the security system of the land to complement conventional security agencies. 8. Governments should provide toll free security numbers to report cases of security infractions. 9. Kogi State government should mobilise hunters into vigilante groups at various community levels 10. The state government should constitute a body of community based Organization heads to proffer solutions to various security threats and to enhance intelligence gathering. 11. The Federal Government should urgently complete the moribund Ajaokuta Steel Company to reduce youth unemployment, which is partly responsible for the rising crimes. 12. The state government should construct police posts at various dark spots in the District so that criminals will no longer hide there. 13. All issues of State Civil Service screening exercise should be concluded within the shortest possible time to reduce the frustration arising thereof and the insecurity that non payment of salaries portends. I thank you. [myad]
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir David Lawal has said that those who have been wishing President Muhammadu Buhari to die as he takes his vacation in London, will die before him.
“Shamelessly, they accused the president of not performing. And in fact, some of them wished him dead. But, I can assure you that by the grace of God, he will outlive all of them.”
David Lawal, who was addressing hundreds of pro-Buhari protesters against some partisans who they accused of trying to derail the Buhari’s administration, said that those fighting the Buhari administration are those who benefited immensely from past proceeds of corruption.
He stressed that no one can take Nigeria back to Jonathan Days after President’s eight-years.
The SGF said that by the time Buhari finishes his eight-year tenure of two terms, nobody would be able to take Nigeria back to 2015, even as he said that government is on top of the current situation in the country.
“As much as we understand the challenges that we are facing, there is no cure without medicine. It is for no reason that quinine is very bitter, but after you have taken it, you get well”. He however conceded that the president never envisaged the challenges, promising an economic turn-around in the next one year.
“Baba Buhari did not anticipate the problem that we are in. I am sure you are all aware. The people who caused this problem are the one challenging the government. I tell you that they will fail in the name of God.
“In fact, they have failed. You are aware of the economy that the president inherited, the economy in which revenue has virtually collapsed. The infrastructure is nowhere to be seen.
The roads were dilapidated. The schools were dilapidated. The hospitals were abandoned. The people who caused it are not worried at all.” The protesters walked from the popular Unity Fountain in Maitama to the entrance of the Presidential Villa chanting: “Nigeria can only change when we support the government and do our bit and not allow ourselves to be used as agents of destruction and political thuggery.” [myad]
We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. By clicking “Accept”, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies.
This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
