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  • economy

    Gov Otti approves upward review of Abia traditional rulers’ salaries

    The Abia Government has   approved the monthly payment of stipends ranging from N250,000 to N350,000 to traditional rulers in the state. The Commissioner for Information, Mr. Okey Kanu, made this known on Monday during a press briefing on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting in Umuahia. Kanu also said that the members of the Traditional Rulers Council at…

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    Kano Senator Reveals Earnings Amid Controversy Over Lawmakers Salaries

    KANO, In the midst of ongoing debates about the salaries of federal lawmakers in Nigeria, fresh insights have emerged, intensifying scrutiny around their financial packages against the backdrop of the nation’s economic challenges. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo recently stirred the pot by alleging that National Assembly members set exorbitant salaries for themselves, violating existing regulations. This prompted Senator Abdurrahman Kawu…

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    Senate dismisses allegations of ”self-determined” salaries

    The Senate has dismissed allegations that it was involved in determining its salaries or receiving special fiscal packages from the Presidency. Senate Spokesman, Sen. Yemi Adaramodu, in a statement on Sunday, in Abuja, described the allegations as “sordid and telltale assertions.” “The Nigerian Senate is petrified by the tattling story of determining its own salaries and receiving a special fiscal…

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  • education

    Withheld salaries: SSANU, NASU holds protest in Lokoja varsity

    Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities SSANU and Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU), Federal University Lokoja (FUL), on Tuesday, staged a protest in demand for withheld four months salaries. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protest staged by the two unions at FUL’d Felele New Campus, was in solidarity with the Tuesday’s strike…

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  • education

    Unilorin SSANU, NASU members stage protest over withheld salaries

    Members of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), University of Ilorin chapter, on Tuesday, staged a protest over non-payment of their withheld salaries. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protest was in response to the directive of the national leadership of the two unions that nationwide…

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    SSANU, NASU appeal to Tinubu over withheld salaries

    The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the non-teaching staff unions in the universities have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene on payment of withheld four months salaries. The non-teaching staff unions in the universities comprises of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU). Mr Nurudeen Yusuf, Chairman…

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    Group lauds 300% increase in salaries of judicial officers

    The Advocacy for Justice and Accountability (AJA), a non-governmental organisation, on Thursday, lauded the increase in the salaries of judicial officers. AJA also appealed to the Federal Government to extend the gesture to all other workers. The Country Director of AJA, Mr Ogedi Ogu, who made the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos,…

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    Judicial officers salaries bill ‘ll ensure independence-Minister

    The Minister of Justice, Mr Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) says the bill on salaries of judicial office holders will ensure judicial independence and integrity. Fagbemi said this at a public hearing on “A Bill for an Act to Prescribe the Salaries, Allowances and Fringe Benefits of Judicial Office Holders in Nigeria” organised by the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and…

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    Payment of workers’ salaries, allowances remain unhindered – Aiyedatiwa

    Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State says payment of workers’ salaries and allowances will remain unhindered despite the current economic challenges in the country. Aiyedatiwa stated this at the Ondo State Forum of Permanent Secretaries( ODFPS) annual get-together and send forth for retired permanent secretaries on Thursday night in Akure. The governor said that it was an avowed commitment and…

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    Reps urge FG to pay ASUU, NASU’s withheld salaries

     The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to pay the withheld salaries of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Non Academic Staff Union (NASU). This followed the adoption of a Motion of Urgent Public Importance by Rep. Abubakar Fulata (APC-Jigawa) during plenary on Wednesday. Presenting the motion, Fulata said that the government must accede to…

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    Bill to prescribe salaries, allowances, of Judicial officers, pass 2nd reading

     The bill seeking to prescribe salaries, allowances, and fringe benefits of Judicial office holders in Nigeria has passed second reading at the Senate. This followed the presentation of the general principles of the bill by the sponsor, Sen. Lola Ashiru (APC-Kwara) at plenary on Thursday. Presenting the bill, Ashiru said the bill, an executive bill, was forwarded to the two…

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    Zamfara govt. clampdown on workers receiving multiple salaries

    Gov. Dauda Lawal of Zamfara, has pledged to decisively deal with workers receiving multiple salaries in the state civil service. The governor made the disclosure on Wednesday while speaking at the 2024 Workers’ Day celebration held in Gusau. He advised them to support the present administration in its determination to sanities the state civil service and charged them to shun…

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  • News

    ASUU threatens industrial action over non-payment of members’ salaries

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on an industrial action if the 13 months’ salaries of over 1,000 of its members across the country were not paid. Dr. Lazarus Maigoro, Chairman, University of Jos chapter of the union, who stated this in a statement, added that the Federal Government had also withheld the check-off dues…

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  • Politics

    President Buhari orders upward review of Police salaries, benefits

    President Muhammadu Buhari says he has given directives for the upward review of Police salaries and benefits. The President who made the disclosure while delivering a speech on Thursday during a one-day visit to Lagos State, where he inaugurated various projects, used the event to reiterate his Shoot-on-Sight order, at anyone found illegally with any assault weapons. President Buhari said…

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  • NEWS

    Edo Govt not owing workers — NLC, TUC  

    The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress in Edo State say their members are not being owed salary arrears by the Edo state government and therefore have no cause to go on strike over non-payment of salaries as in some states. Reacting to the threat of strike in some states owing to the non-payment of salaries and a…

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  • News

    Jonathan slashes salaries of govt appointees including his and Sambo’s

    In a display of leadership-by-example in these belt-tightening times brought about by the slump in crude oil price at the international market, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has ordered a 30 per cent pay cut for all political appointees in the Executive arm of government including himself and the Vice President. But there is a new twist over the pay cut…

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  • NEWS

    Benue Assembly Summons Suswam’s Aides Over Revenue, Owed Salaries

    The Benue State House of Assembly yesterday demanded that Governor Gabriel Suswam should offer valid explanations over the salaries owed workers and general financial status of the state. There has been widespread allegations that the state is broke and that the situation had caused the owing of salaries of state workers for several months. Consequently, the state lawmakers led by…

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