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NLC, TUC, CSOS DEMAND REVERSAL OF NEW TARIFF OF ELECTRICITY

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The Leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Ondo state on Monday shutdown the Ondo State headquarters of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), located at NEPA area of Akure, the state capital.

The protest is in compliance with organised labour leadership’s directive over the recent hike in electricity tariff approved by the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).

The protesters who blocked the main gate prevented the staff of the company from gaining entrance to the premises as the protesting union members demand for the reversal of the tariff hike

The labour leaders arrived the BEDC head office in Akure early in the morning to prevent staff of the company from resuming work by blocking the main gate.

Addressing newsmen at the picketing of the Discos office, the Ondo state Chairman of the NLC, Comrade Victor Oladele Amoko described the recent hike in electricity tariff as unjustifiable.

Comrade Amoko flanked by the State JNC Chairman, Comrade Ademola Olapade and other affiliate union chairmen, noted with dismay the untold economic hardship the hike would have been causing the citizenry.

On his part, the State Chairman of TUC, Clement Fatuase called on President Bola Tinubu to stop various harsh economic policies his administration had been introducing in the last one year.

Comrade Fatuase said the BEDC and other Discos offices would remain shut down until the government reverses the new electricity tariff hike.

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Lagos signs MoU with chinese firm for 68km rail project to connect VI, lekki, Ajah

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The Green Line will complement the existing metro infrastructure, including the Blue Line, which has been operational for a year on the Mile 2 to Marina route, and the Red Line, which is preparing for full passenger service later this year.


According to Sanwo-Olu, these metro lines are key components of Lagos’ Strategic Transport Master Plan, designed to build a faster, more efficient, and interconnected city.

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ICPC grills Ngige over alleged contract, job racketeering

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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has questioned Chris Ngige, former Minister of Labour and Employment during President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, over his alleged involvement in contract-related issues and job racketeering.

 

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Imo PDP condemns killings, says Gov Uzodinma not proactive

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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Imo State has condemned in strong terms the recent attacks by yet to be identified gunmen on the council headquarters of the Isiala Mbano LGA of the state where security guards were killed.

It also condemned the razing of Obowo LGA Divisional Police Headquarters, as well as the killing of a policeman in his house near NEPA junction in Umulogho community, also in the LGA.

In a press statement by its State publicity secretary, Lancelot Obiaku, he said, “Our party maintains that the continuous mindless attacks on public facilities and the killing of innocent citizens are unjustifiable and have no place in our culture and nationhood.

“We commiserate with the families and friends of the victims and, indeed, all Imolites who have been thrown into deep sorrow and anguish.”

Obiaku regretted that no mitigation was in place to checkmate the incessant attacks in the State, saying that the APC-led government of Hope Uzodinma should wake up to the occasion and stop being what it described as inactive and indifference to what is happening in the State.

The PDP publicity secretary further stated that the Governor has not been proactive in tackling the killings in the State, which he said had led to normalizing killings and arson, giving a leeway to attackers to have a field day in their operations, thereby turning the State into a theatre of war, bloodshed and sorrow.

“Amid this destruction and bloodbath, what we could hear from Gov. Uzodimma and Imo APC are stories of how they are having their secret primary elections as regards to the local government elections.

“Curiously, the same Governor, in a leaked video wherein he was addressing his APC lackeys over the said primary election in a closed-door meeting, claimed to be knowledgeable about everything happening in all the LGAs of the State,” he said.

Obiaku said that the governor “sits in an exalted position without doing anything and these attackers keep on snuffing lives out of innocent citizens”.

“To them, governance does not matter, lives can be lost, Imo can burn, and people can die of hunger for all they care,” he stated.

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