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Read more →<p><img width="720" height="405" src="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Julius-Abure-LP.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="NLC Protesters Storm Labour Party Secretariat, Call For Abure's Sack" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Julius-Abure-LP.jpg 720w, https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Julius-Abure-LP-300x169.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px" /></p> <h2>The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Political Commission, on Friday, said <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/topic/julius-abure/">Julius Abure</a> is no longer the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP).</h2> <p>The commission said that Abure’s claim that Wednesday’s picketing of the national secretariat of the Party led to the theft of staff salary was “sarcastic and pathetic.”</p> <p>The commission said this in a statement by its Secretary, Comrade Chris Uyot on Friday.</p> <p>The statement reads, <em>“Following this week’s successful take-over of Labour Party Secretariats nationwide by the Nigeria Labour Congress who are the real owners of the party, Mr. Julius Abure’s silhouette continues to hide from the long arms of the law over various allegations and charges bordering on criminality. It is unfortunate that instead of courageously coming out to the open to defend himself against several fingers pointing in his direction, Mr. Abure has adopted the cowardly posture of crouching in the undergrowth of shame, lies, treachery and infamy to lay fictitious claims against a dignified, focused and honourable institution like the Nigeria Labour Congress.</em></p> <p><em>“First is to make the point clear that Mr. Julius Abure has since ceased from being the Chairman of the Labour Party. Second, his latest missive that the successful takeover of the Labour Party Secretariat by workers who are the party’s rightful owners resulted in the theft of staff salaries is sarcastic and pathetic. It is unfortunate that Mr Abure has surrendered himself to the laboratory of public opprobrium on how the mind of an incorrigible liar, visionless usurper, timid traitor, and serial scammer works.</em></p> <p><em>“The reclaiming of Labour Party Secretariats across the country was witnessed by many policemen, officers from the State Security Service, and many journalists including television crews. The import of Mr. Abure’s fictitious claim is that the police, other security agents and tens of journalists who observed the peaceful visit by the Nigeria Labour Congress Political Commission were accessory to the crime of petty theft. We expect the Nigeria Police and other security agencies to add this outrageous defamation to the long list of crimes perpetrated by Mr. Abure.</em></p> <p><em>“During the nationwide peaceful reclaim of Labour Party’s secretariats, not even one canister of tear gas was fired as the picketing was conducted in tandem with the NLC’s philosophy and disposition to peaceful protests. For Abure to concoct such daylight falsehood clearly proves to all Nigerians that he carries moral leprosy and must be avoided at all costs. The inconsistency in Abure’s account – from allegations of missing billions now to the theft of workers’ salaries and destruction of valuables – clearly confirms our earlier assessment of him as a drowning political wannabe.</em></p> <p><em>“After being rejected by all stakeholders in the Labour Party, we urge Mr. Julius Abure to show his face in public. He should not hide underground and be vomiting gibberish. The few insignificant scoundrels still hanging on to Abure’s tattered pockets of ill-gotten coins, including irresponsible grandfathers who have committed class suicide and show no visible means of livelihood, and who now appear on television to lie on Labour Party ownership must remember that history’s judgement on traitors is very dire.</em></p> <p><em>“As for Abure, his cup of moral rascality, administrative indiscretion and political incompetence overflows. The Nigeria Labour Congress intends to institute a private legal process against him for the defamation of the noble character of the Congress. He should also be ready to answer questions on why he kept staff salaries in the office a self-admission to financial impropriety, sleaze, and disdain for due process cum accountability.</em></p> <p><em>“While the security agents intensify their nationwide manhunt for Mr. Julius Abure and his ‘food is ready’ partners in perfidy, the Nigeria Labour Congress Political Commission wishes to remind all Nigerian workers and people that our focus can never be a tiny chameleon who lives under the coarse cannon of common criminality and fodders of low level infamy. We are focussed on fumigating and ridding the Labour Party of rodents whose only source of livelihood and survival is in picking on the mahogany of ideological and moral clarity that the Labour Party of Nigeria represents.</em></p> <p><em>“Labour Party must be thoroughly cleansed and repositioned as the vehicle for the socio- economic emancipation of all Nigerian workers and people.”</em></p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2024/03/22/abure-no-longer-labour-partys-chairman-nlc/">Abure No Longer Labour Party’s Chairman – NLC</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.naijanews.com">Naija News</a>.</p>
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Read more →<p><img width="739" height="415" src="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_0300.jpeg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_0300.jpeg 739w, https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_0300-300x168.jpeg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px" /></p> <h2>The Presidency has said the new national minimum wage negotiations are ongoing.</h2> <p>The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this on Friday while speaking with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.</p> <p>The presidential aide noted that the Tinubu administration is poised to arrive at a new minimum wage all the states of the federation can afford.</p> <p>Ngelale said the federal government also wants the new wage pegged at a number that is sustainable over a number of years and founded on the long-term stability of the Naira.</p> <p>The presidential aide, however, warned that the efforts to arrive at a new minimum wage would get to a “<em>moot point, nullity…if we do not get a firm grip on the value of our currency.</em>”</p> <p>He also announced that more than N150bn is being disbursed from the Bank of Industry and Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency while also approved is the single-digit interest rate loans of up to N2m to hundreds of 1000s of small and medium scale enterprises across all local government areas of the Federation.</p> <p>Ngelale added that Tinubu is prioritising intervention of N75bn to 75 industries and manufacturing companies with a staff strength of over 1000 workers to ensure necessary support is given to such firms, thereby expanding their hiring strength.</p> <p>He said: “<em>We want to ensure that those industries and sectors that are massively employing our people are those industries that are prioritised concerning government intervention, which is why the President has approved over N75bn to be dispersed to 75 large-scale manufacturers across all states of the Federation.</em></p> <p><em>“These will be manufacturers who employ over 1000 Nigerians in each of their facilities and industries. We are going to ensure that they have the support that they need on a large scale so that Nigerian families who rely on these large-scale businesses are protected.</em></p> <p><em>“We want to see our large-scale industries not just refuse to fire people but actively increase and expand their hiring at this difficult time.”</em></p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2024/03/22/presidency-speaks-on-new-minimum-wage/">Presidency Speaks On New Minimum Wage</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.naijanews.com">Naija News</a>.</p>
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Read more →<p><img width="976" height="583" src="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Bola-Ahmed-Tinubu-1.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Warehouse Looting: President Tinubu Orders Fresh Distribution Of Palliatives To Abuja Residents" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Bola-Ahmed-Tinubu-1.jpg 976w, https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Bola-Ahmed-Tinubu-1-300x179.jpg 300w, https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Bola-Ahmed-Tinubu-1-768x459.jpg 768w, https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Bola-Ahmed-Tinubu-1-400x240.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px" /></p> <h2>The family of the embattled leader of the <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/topic/IPOB/">Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)</a>, Nnamdi Kanu, has accused <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/topic/Bola-Tinubu/">President Bola Tinubu</a> of being weak.</h2> <p>Kanu’s brother, Kanunta, claimed that the president's silence towards the trial of the IPOB leader was a sign of weakness.</p> <p>Posting on X, Kanunta said Tinubu’s silence also indicated his administration’s approval of insecurity in the Southeast.</p> <p>He wrote: “@<em>officialABAT your silence towards #MaziNnamdikanu case is a sign of weakness and failure in your administration, meaning an approval of insecurities in SE through @Govhopeuzodinma.”</em></p> <p>This is coming after the Abuja Federal High Court refused to grant Kanu bail.</p> <p>The Justice Binta Nyako-led court ordered an accelerated hearing of Kanu’s case.</p> <h2>It Is Deliberate, You Are Benefitting From Nnamdi Kanu’s Detention – Family Slam Igbo Leaders</h2> <p>Meanwhile, <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/topic/Nnamdi-Kanu/">Kanu's family</a> has accused Igbo leaders and elites of benefitting from the continuous detention of their son.</p> <p>They warned that Kanu’s continuous incarceration is a humiliation to the entire Igbo race.</p> <p>The family tabled their concerns while reacting to the recent refusal of the Federal High Court in Abuja to grant Kanu’s bail application.</p> <p>Speaking via a statement by Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the family alleged that some selfish politicians benefiting from the insecurity in the South East are behind Kanu’s continued detention.</p> <p>The family wondered why some Igbo political leaders now find it difficult to book a meeting with President Bola Tinubu since he took over power.</p> <p>He said, “<em>How be it that nobody among Igbo political leaders has reached out to Tinubu to discuss Nnamdi Kanu’s release almost a year after he came to power?</em></p> <p><em>“Is it not deliberate? Have they not been gaining access to the President concerning other issues? It’s a shame that Kanu is being punished for asking for the freedom of Ndigbo and the leaders have abandoned him to die in DSS custody.</em></p> <p><em>"Kanu is terribly sick and nobody cares. His health is deteriorating every day. He has not changed his clothes. Why has the court continued to hold him in DSS custody instead of the Correctional Centre?”</em></p> <p>Kanu’s family insisted that some people are benefiting from his continued incarceration, hence the apparent apathy on the part of the political elite to engage the President for his release.</p> <p>The family said: “<em>Why can’t they go for his release if they truly love the South East? Something is definitely wrong somewhere. They are benefiting from his continued detention, and that’s why they are not making any serious moves to engage Mr President. Don’t forget that some people sponsored his abduction and extraordinary rendition.</em></p> <p>"<em>Why should he be abandoned for asking for the freedom of Biafra He didn’t take up arms against the government, but he was tagged as a terrorist. Yet the same government is busy releasing terrorists from detention.”</em></p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2024/03/22/your-silence-over-nnamdi-kanus-trial-is-a-sign-of-weakness-and-failure-family-knocks-tinubu/">Your Silence Over Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial Is A Sign Of Weakness And Failure – Family Knocks Tinubu</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.naijanews.com">Naija News</a>.</p>
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