Day: February 27, 2024

Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has called on the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, in Cross River State to support the government’s effort towards sanitizing the state civil service, which has been blighted by several anomalies that have left the present administration with a bloated wage bill. Governor Otu made the call when he addressed protesting labour leaders, Tuesday, February 27, 2024 in Calabar as part a nationwide protest by the NLC. The Governor, represented by his deputy, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, commended the protesting workers for their peaceful and…

The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended the ongoing two-day nationwide protest against hardship and rising inflation in the land.   This was announced in a communique issued by the union on Tuesday evening, stating that NLC is giving the Nigerian Government a new ultimatum till March 13, 2024, to fulfil its promises to the union.   The communique added that the decision to suspend the protest halfway was taken at the end of its National Executive Council meeting because the union felt the objectives of the…

A pro-democracy, anti-corruption and justice sector civil society organisation, Global Integrity Crusade Network (GICN), has written a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to arrest, interrogate and prosecute the Special Adviser to Benue Governor Hyacinth Alia on Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Dennis Akura and others for alleged diversion of local government funds. The petition which was written on Tuesday, 20th February, 2024, was received and acknowledged yesterday at the headquarters of the the anti graft agency in Abuja. In the petition also sent to…