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Salary Increase: UNILORIN SSANU urges members to be calm over exclusion

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May 9, 2023

Salary Increase: UNILORIN SSANU urges members to be calm over exclusion

The Chairman of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), University of Ilorin (Unilorin) branch, Naheem Falowo has appealed to all non-teaching staff of the institution to remain calm over the recent 40 per cent rise for civil servants.

Falowo assured the members that the national body of the union is on top of the matter.

The follows the exclusion of the Unilorin staff from the recently approved and paid 40 per cent pay rise for civil servants in the country.

Making the appeal Monday while speaking with newsmen in Ilorin, Falowo said that the union and its members were not against giving the core civil servants any pay rise since they are all Nigerians.

He however lamented the exclusion of the university staff from the new salary structure, saying that the Federal Government has not implemented any of the eight-point agreement with the unions.

These, he said, included salary review, the union’s earned allowance, the payment of the staff school salary arrears despite the judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction and interventions of well-meaning Nigerians.

The Unilorin SSANU Chairman said the union “members are happy with their work and we detest going on strike, but the actions of the Federal Government are discouraging.

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“Nigerians should ask the Federal Government what they want to achieve by excluding university staff from the pay rise.

“They stopped our salary for four months during the last strike; people were starved; some could not pay their hospital bills; and some members died.

“We have not even gotten out of that unfortunate scenario and Federal Government is coming with this again.

“FG said when they removed subsidy, they would have to increase the salaries of staff. But they did so while excluding university staff, are we not patronising the same market? What is good for the goose is good for the gander,” he said.

Falowo therefore appealed to the federal government to urgently resume negotiations with NASU and SSANU, pay the unions’ N50 billion earned allowance as promised and also give them a pay rise to prevent industrial crisis.

On the relationship of the union with the management of the university, the SSANU chairman said the relationship with the Prof. Wahab Egbewole-led administration has been robust, peaceful and encouraging.

He explained that since the assumption of office of the Vice Chancellor, he has been assuring unions that staff welfare is paramount to him, saying “this was manifested with the end-of-year package and promotion of our members”.

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The SSANU Chairman commended the management for promoting a good number of his members.

According to him, the best reward management can give to hardworking staff is to promote them as at and when due.

He pointed out that staff that are due for promotion, deserved to be promoted, but if they are denied promotion, it means they will not be encouraged to work harder.

Falowo, however, assured Egbewole and his entire management team of the unions’ cooperation and support for as long as the welfare of staff, especially the non-teaching staff, continued to be paramount in his administration.

On the relation with the national body, the Unilorin branch chairman of SSANU applauded his predecessors, especially the new Registrar, Mr Mansur Alfanla, and M. J. Akanbi for laying a good foundation for him to build on.

He explained that “Comrade M. J. Akanbi, who is his immediate predecessor, is a national officer of SSANU. The new Registrar has been a Chairman of the university’s branch and a National Treasurer of SSANU.

“You see, out of the 10 executive members that made up the national officers, the University of Ilorin has always produced a national officer out of over 100 universities in Nigeria.

“This says a lot about the relationship between the University of Ilorin and the national body of the SSANU.

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Edo Gov Okpebholo freezes govt accounts, reverses ministry’s name

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November 14, 2024

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Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo

Edo Gov Okpebholo freezes govt accounts, reverses ministry’s name

Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has directed the immediate freezing of all state-owned bank accounts.

In a statement issued on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Fred Itua, the governor stated that the accounts would remain frozen until further notice.

He instructed commercial banks, ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) to comply with the order immediately or face severe consequences.

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Israel-Palestinian conflict: Two-state solution is a deception, says Gumi

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November 14, 2024

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Prominent Islamic scholar Dr. Ahmad Mahmud Gumi

Israel-Palestinian conflict: Two-state solution is a deception, says Gumi

Prominent Islamic scholar Dr. Ahmad Mahmud Gumi has criticized the widely discussed two-state solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict, calling it a “deception.”

His remarks followed a recent summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Riyadh, where President Bola Tinubu and other leaders condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza and urged an end to hostilities.

In an interview with Daily Trust at his Kaduna residence, Gumi argued, “This Two-State Solution is a deception. No Israeli will allow a Palestinian to survive, and Palestinians will never allow Israel to survive.

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The only solution is to dissolve the two states and create a democratically electable region.”

Gumi commended the OIC’s support for Palestine, noting that Muslims and Arabs worldwide increasingly see the treatment of Palestinians as “genocide” and accuse Israel of human rights abuses.

He also called for a return to the pre-1948 structure, where Palestinians, Jews, and Christians lived together, suggesting a single, inclusive state that allows peaceful coexistence.

“When I hear people talking about Two-State Solutions, I know they are just deceiving themselves,” Gumi added, advocating for a unified region where people of all faiths can live together, similar to the multi-faith coexistence seen in countries like the United States.

Israel-Palestinian conflict: Two-state solution is a deception, says Gumi

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Court sacks Ondo LP candidate, two days to governorship poll

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November 14, 2024

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Olusola Ebiseni

Court sacks Ondo LP candidate, two days to governorship poll

The Labour Party candidature of Olusola Ebiseni for the upcoming gubernatorial election in Ondo State has been nullified.

The nullification follows the sacking of Ebiseni by the Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday.

The governorship election of the southwest State will hold on Saturday, 16 November 2024.

The judgement disqualifying Ebiseni was unanimously delivered by the three members of the panel and read out by the chairman of the panel, Justice Adebukola Banjoko.

The judgment granted the prayer of the Labour Party who preferred the case against Ebiseni.

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Justice Banjoko held that, “the appeal marked CA/ABJ/CV/1172/2024 brought by the Labour Party against Chief Olusola Ebiseni and two others is allowed.”

Justice Banjoko further stated that the Certified True Copy of the judgment would be provided to the parties involved in the appeal as soon as possible for their review.

Recall that Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja had ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to accept and recognize Olusola Ebiseni and Ezekiel Awude as the Labour Party’s governorship and deputy governorship candidates for the November 16 Ondo State governorship elections.

Justice Nwite confirmed that the second primary election conducted by the Labour Party, which resulted in Ebiseni and Awude being selected as candidates, was valid and should be upheld by INEC.

However, the appellate court has now overturned the judgment of the trial court’s judgment.