State Governors have agreed to ban movement between states for two weeks as part of efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19. They took the decision at the sixth teleconference meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) which held on Wednesday. Kayode Fayemi, NGF chairman and governor of Ekiti state, said the action became necessary because […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has charged governors of the 36 states in Nigeria to pay all the salaries owed workers before Christmas. The president made the call when he met with the governors inside the council chamber of the presidential villa, Abuja. At the meeting, President Muhammadu Buhari directed the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun; […]
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The 36 states of the federation on Thursday failed to hold the monthly federal account allocation committee (FAAC) meeting due to alleged discrepancies in federation account figures presented by the federal government. Mahmoud Yunusa, chairman, forum of finance commissioners, said the decision was taken after consultation with state governors. He said the governors gave commissioners […]
Continue ReadingSocio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) wants International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, to “bring to justice” those responsible for inhumane acts against Nigerian workers. SERAP specifically urged Bensouda to use her “good offices and position to investigate allegations of collective punishment and crimes against humanity against tens of thousands of Nigerian workers as […]
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