SSANU LAMENTS POOR PACE OF RENEGOTIATIONS WITH FG
BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR As the four-week deadline for the Federal Government to respond to the unions' requests expires, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in cooperation with unions in postsecondary institutions, The government's sluggish negotiations with university unions over their demands have deeply frustrated the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, or SSANU. Recall that on October 20, NLC, along with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, SSANU, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, and the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, among other unions in higher education, gave the Federal Government a four-week deadline to resolve the union crisis. However, several of the unions have bemoaned the lack of progress after four weeks. Speaking to the media on Wednesday, the SSANU President, Comrade Mohammed Haruna Ibrahim, criticized the administration of insincerity in handling their requests notably the re-negotiation of the 2009 Agreement. Although negotiations with the government have formally restarted, Comrade Ibrahim, who also serves as Chairman of the Joint Action Committee (JAC), which is made up of SSANU and NASU, disclosed that progress has remained extremely slow. "After our meeting with the government team, they requested that we submit our demands again, which we did three weeks ago. There has not been any further consultation or acknowledgment since then, he claimed. Asked the next line of action as the four-week ultimatum has expired,...
APC NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFIRM FORMER OGUN GOVERNOR’S MEMBERSHIP
HOTJIST NEWS The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has affirmed that Otunba Gbenga Daniel, former governor of Ogun State and current Senator...
ARGENTINA COMMISSION ACCUSES PRESIDENT OF $ LIBRA CRYPTOCURRENCY SCAM
HOTJIST NEWS A congressional commission in Argentina released an investigative report on Tuesday concluding that President Javier Milei was involved in “alleged fraud” after endorsing...
GOV ABDULRAZAQ CALLS FOR INCREASED SECURITY DEPLOYMENT AFTER KWARA CHURCH ASSAULT
HOTJIST NEWS Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has called for an urgent increase in security deployment to the Ekiti Local Government Area, particularly the Eruku...
BANDITS KILL FIVE, ABDUCT WORSHIPPERS AND TRAVELLERS IN FRESH ATTACKS ON KWARA BORDER COMMUNITY
By Aishat Momoh. O. At least five persons were confirmed dead and several others abducted after suspected bandits launched two separate attacks in Eruku, a...
TWO SENTENCED OVER N8.56BN FRAUD AFTER HACKING WEMA BANK SERVERS
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has sentenced two men, Hamza Zakaria and Nurudeen Mohammed Ibrahim, to two years and two months’ imprisonment...
PANIC IN SHASHA COMMUNITY AS AIR FORCE OFFICER STABBED DURING STREET FIGHT, POLICE CONFIRM HE IS ALIVE
By Aishat Momoh. O. Residents of Oremeji in the Shasha area of Alimosho Local Government, Lagos State, were thrown into panic on Sunday, November 9,...
IMO GOVERNMENT TARGETS SECURITY THREATS, DISMANTLES CRIMINAL HIDEOUTS AT NAZE INDUSTRIAL CLUSTER
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Imo State Government has dismantled several criminal hideouts within the Naze Industrial Cluster in a coordinated security operation aimed at...
APC POSTPONES RECEPTION FOR TARABA GOVERNOR KEFAS IN HONOUR OF RECENT VICTIMS OF TERROR ATTACKS
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed the reception ceremony planned for the Executive Governor of Taraba State, Dr. Agbu Kefas, which was scheduled...
DAWN FIRE GUTS BAR SECTION OF ILORIN HOTEL, KWARA FIRE SERVICE PREVENTS MAJOR DAMAGE
By Aishat Momoh. O. A dawn fire on Tuesday nearly razed the popular Ebunlomo Hotel and Resort in Ilorin, Kwara State, but was swiftly brought...
