23 states, FCT implement 65-year retirement age for teachers – NUT

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) announced that 23 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have implemented the 65-year retirement age for teachers.

This was disclosed by the union’s National President, Titus Amba, in a report obtained in Abuja on Saturday.

The new retirement age, which was raised from 60 to 65 years, was introduced in 2020 by former President Muhammadu Buhari to enhance the educational system by retaining experienced teachers for a longer period.

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Amba stated, “We are pleased to note that 23 states, the FCT, and the Federal Government have implemented the new retirement age for their teachers.” He urged the remaining states to adopt the policy without further delay, emphasizing its benefits for the education system.

Eno appoints daughter as Akwa Ibom acting First Lady after wife’s death

Following the death of his wife, Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has named his daughter, Helen Eno-Obareki, as the Acting First Lady of the state.

Eno disclosed this when Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, paid him a condolence visit in Uyo.

The governor said his daughter would work closely with the state’s deputy governor to ensure the Office of the First Lady continues its duties.

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“To maintain the Office of the First Lady and carry forward my late wife’s work, I present our daughter, Helen, to continue the duties of the office.

“She will work closely with the Deputy Governor and the Commissioner for Women’s Affairs and Social Welfare,” the governor said.

Eno expressed his confidence in his daughter’s ability to deliver in the new assignment and sustain her mother’s legacies.

Eno appoints daughter as Akwa Ibom acting First Lady after wife’s death

Rivers poll: Remove your uniform, join APC, HURIWA chides IGP

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has criticised the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, over his involvement in the local government election in Rivers State scheduled for Saturday October 5.

HURIWA also backed the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, for foiling an attempt by the police, led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), to take over the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC).

The group said Egbetokun had become an interested party in the ongoing battle for political relevance and supremacy between the Rivers State governor and his erstwhile benefactor, Nyesom Wike.

HURIWA in a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, said, “We urge the IGP of Police Kayode Egbetokun to decide if he wants to remove his uniform and then join the All Progressives Congress as a registered card carrying member rather than wear the uniform paid for by taxpayers most of whom don’t belong to any political persuasions, and then only for the IGP to dabble into the political fisticuffs in Rivers State on behalf of the self acclaimed political godfather of Rivers State Barrister Nyesom Wike.”

It added, “The Police in Rivers State controlled from the office of IGP in Abuja, must behave like professionals rather than always acting as the armed thugs of All Progressives Congress. ”

HURIWA condemned the night time invasion of the Rivers State Electoral Commission in Port Harcourt by the police, describing it as an illegal operation.

The rights group demanded “the immediate arrest of the Deputy Commissioner Operations of the Nigeria Police who coordinated the attempted take over of a democratic institution of Rivers State.

“We view this brazen attack on the soul of democracy in Rivers State by the partisan Nigeria Police as an attempted coup which must not be swept under the carpets of impunity.

“We will continue to warn the Nigeria Police to steer off politics and operate in compliance to the constitutional provisions which created the policing institution to enforce law and order and not to be deployed for political parties’ supremacy battles to advance the ambitions of certain individuals only because they are affiliated to the All Progressives Congress which is the party in power at the centre.

“The Nigeria Police Force has continued to give Nigerians reasons to doubt that the country even has anything like a credible or professional policing institution because if the police of Nigeria now behaves like the armed wing of All Progressives Congress and then dabble into controversies around the Rivers Local Government elections, we the people of Nigeria will automatically assume that we don’t have a complete professional police in existence.

“These vexatious, toxic, unconstitutional harassment of the Rivers state governor and the brazen, lawless, reckless efforts to take over democratic institutions by the police in Rivers state are only drawing us back to the days of the military dictatorship and these illegal acts of treachery by the police are attracting global opprobrium and bad image in the commity of nations for Nigeria,” HURIWA added.

Rivers poll: Remove your uniform, join APC, HURIWA chides IGP