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Subsidy: Like Kwara, Ogun govt approves N10,000 palliatives for workers, pensioners
Subsidy: Like Kwara, Ogun govt approves N10,000 palliatives for workers, pensioners
The Ogun government has approved cash palliative of N10,000 for each of its public servants and pensioners, Mr Tokunbo Talabi, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), has announced.
Talabi, in a statement released late Monday in Abeokuta, said the measure was designed for a period of three months in the first instance.
He added that it was put in place to help workers cope with the economic shocks occasioned by the removal of fuel Subsidy
“The move is in line with the current realities in the country and also the commitment of the state government to ameliorate the effects of removal of fuel subsidy on the well-being of the citizens of the state,” the SSG stated.
He added that payment of the palliative would begin from July, disclosing also that the state government would equally begin giving out food palliatives to those seen as being vulnerable.
Talabi further stated that the state government had approved hazard allowance for all health and medical personnel and peculiar allowance for public servants in the state.
“Immediate release of letters of promotion in respect of 2021 and 2022, as well as payment of March and April 2023 leave bonuses for public servants in the state, will also begin.
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“There will also be an immediate cash-backing for the quarterly payment of gratuities to pensioners,” he said.
Talabi disclosed that the state’s ministries, departments and agencies would work out modalities of ensuring that 20 per cent of their staff strength was off-duty daily.
”This is to ease the effect of the recent increase in fuel price among public servants.”
He said the Gateway Trading Company had been mandated to establish food distribution outlets across the state, to sell food items at the market rate obtainable before the fuel subsidy removal.
“The state is also establishing a commodity exchange to ensure an optimisation of current and future investment in the agro-allied sector of the economy, in line with President Bola Tinubu’s war on food insecurity,” the SSG stated.
He also announced the commencement of conversion to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) of state-owned mass transit buses, including staff buses and current public transportation buses in circulation.
”This is to reduce the cost of transportation by charging rates comparable to what was obtained before deregulation.
“The first set are in the final stages and will be introduced to our roads in a matter of days.
“The government will also be acquiring additional new CNG buses to ease transportation in the state, and these buses will be charging fares comparable to what was obtained before the fuel subsidy removal,” Talabi said.
He disclosed that all local governments working with Community Development Associations and community leaders have been asked to submit for rehabilitation three roads that require immediate intervention.
”This is part of the palliative programmes.”
Subsidy: Like Kwara, Ogun govt approves N10,000 palliatives for workers, pensioners
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Edo Gov Okpebholo freezes govt accounts, reverses ministry’s name
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.
The statement reads: “All state bank accounts with commercial banks have been frozen. Commercial banks must comply with this order and ensure that not a single naira is withdrawn from government coffers until further notice.
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“Heads of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies must ensure full compliance without delay.
“Following necessary investigations and reconciliations, the governor will take appropriate action and decide on the way forward. For now, this order remains in effect.”
Okpebholo also directed relevant agencies to revert the name of the Ministry of Roads and Bridges to its previous title, the Ministry of Works, a change made during the Godwin Obaseki administration.
“It is odd to name a government institution the Ministry of Roads and Bridges, especially when not a single bridge was built by the previous administration — not even a pedestrian bridge.
“In the coming days, we will examine further actions taken by the previous administration and make decisions that serve the best interests of the state,” the statement added.
Edo Gov Okpebholo freezes govt accounts, reverses ministry’s name
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Israel-Palestinian conflict: Two-state solution is a deception, says 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
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.
Court sacks Ondo LP candidate, two days to governorship poll
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