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FG’s lackadaisical attitude prolongs COEASU’s strike’

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By Abdulkadir Aliyu Shehu

Lack of commitment from the Federal Government has been described as the main reason the ongoing warning strike by the College of Education Academy Staff Union (COEASU) persists.

Chairman of the FCE (T) Gombe branch pf COEASU, Dr Ishaq Ahmed Muhammad made this during a current affairs programme ‘Tumbin Giwa’ aired on Progress Radio and Television Gombe.

He said the union’s compliance with the strike and listed other demands of the union to include; non-implementation of the consequential effect of the implementation of CONPCASS, 15 on lower cadre since 2014, the non-implementation of the 2014 needs assessment report in Colleges of Education, and non-payment of outstanding promotion arrears.

Dr Muhammad accused the federal government of impunity, statutory breach, and administrative aberration.

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According to him, many colleges find it difficult to run smoothly due to the non-release of running costs by the government, because of the delay of running costs, “most of the time it will take the institution more than three months before the government releases it.”

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The COEASU chairman added that the Integrated Personnel and Payroll information systems (IPPIS) is causing havoc to tertiary institutions than good.

“More than 3,300 cases from all Federal College of Education staff, some of them owe federal government salary arrears for two to three months,” he alleged.

Also speaking on the programme, the COEASU Secretary in the FCE (T) Gombe, Mr Nattam Joshua Tomtsu said the government has refused to release the N15 billion revitalization fund it promised to the colleges of education across the country.

According to him, the fund was much less than the N478 billion recommended in 2014 by the Presidential Needs assessment of public Colleges of Education.

He also urged the students to be patient with the situation which he described as something unavoidable.

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Breaking: Court Drops Charges Against Minors

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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday struck out the charges brought against a total of 119 #EndBadGovernance protesters.

All 119 protesters were arraigned on Friday, November 1 on charges bordering on Treason felony, inciting to mutiny, among others.

The defendants were arraigned in two batches at the previous proceeding.

The first batch comprised a total of 76 protesters which included 32 minors and the second batch a total of 43 protesters.

The trial judge, Justice Obiora Egwuatu, struck out the suit following an application by the counsel to the Attorney General of the Federation, M. D Abubakar, to take over and discontinue the matter.

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NNPP Crisis: Assembly Members Deny Factional Differences

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By Salisu Baso

As the crisis erupted within Kano’s ruling party NNPP, with some members calling for the governor to stand independently, the Kano State House of Assembly has denied knowledge of any of its members being involved in the rifts.

The Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Lawan Hussain, representing Dala Constituency, revealed this to newsmen in an interview with journalists over the publication of an online newspaper, Daily Nigeria, stating that some members of the NNPP in the House have joined the factional crisis.

He described the news as a fabricated and mischievous story from unpatriotic elements planning to destroy the peace reigning within the party. He said that as far as the members of the House are concerned, there are no conflicts between the governor and the leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.

The Majority Leader therefore assured the party parliament members of their solid support for the leader of the Kwankwasiyya and state governor, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, adding that the governor considers Senator Kwankwaso his mentor.

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On the issue of some party members calling for the governor to be independent (Tsaya da Kafar Ka), Hon. Dala said the governor is operating independently without interference from any person. He therefore accused some opposition politicians from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, of sponsoring unpatriotic people to ignite a crisis in the state with a view to disrupting the government’s development initiatives.

 

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Breaking: Tinubu Orders Release of Minors Arrested Over Endbadgovernance Protest

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President Tinubu Orders release of all minors who participated in the Endbadgovernance protest .

 

The minister of information and national orientation Muhammad Idris stated this to state House correspondents.

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents, on Monday.

The Minister was flanked by the Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy; Sunday Dare, Special Adviser on Public Communications and orientation.

Idris stated that the President has instructed the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, to begin the process of securing the minors’ release without delay.

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“The President has directed that all minors be released on the and also reunited with their families anywhere they are in the country. A committee has been set up to look at the issues surrounding their arrest, detention and release. All the law enforcement agents related to the case will be investigated and anyone found wanting will be brought to book,” he said.

 

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