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Okowa to Lawan: Elected Leaders Must Echo the Voices of Their People Says govs shouldn’t be vilified over call for restructuring Udora Orizu in Abuja Southern Governors’ call for voices, then, you ought not Ndudi Elumelu, yesterday The Senate President had their respective states. restructuring, ban on open be in the position that you in Asaba, Delta State, also after observing the Eid prayers But Okowa noted that Delta State Governor, grazing and fiscal federalism, occupy.” said it was utterly wrong to at the Presidential Villa in restructuring has been talked Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has saying, “If your people are Okowa, who spoke at an vilify the southern governors Abuja, Thursday, faulted about for so long, with voices condemned the statement talking and you’re an elected empowerment scheme by the for heeding to the voices of the Southern Governors’ of PDP and APC endorsing made by the Senate President, person but you shy away from minority leader of the House the people and seeking to resolutions, asking them to Ahmed Lawan, following giving further voice to their of Representatives, Hon. promote unity in the country. first start the restructuring in Continued on page 5 Online Voter Registration Doesn’t Automatically Imply Electronic Transmission of Results, Says INEC… Page 8 Sunday 16 May, 2021 Vol 26. No 9533 www.thisdaylive.com T N400 RU N TH & REASO PEAC: Nigeria Lost $10.3bn to Boko Haram, Armed Insurgency in 2020 Gboyega Akinsanmi agitation and organised violent Advisory Council (PEAC) regular meeting with cost of insecurity across the Salami to replace the groups, among others, cost has disclosed. President Muhammadu federation. Economic Management Team The activities of banditry, Boko the federation a whopping The economic council gave Buhari at the State House, Buhari had constituted (EMT), which Vice-President Haram insurgency, farmers- sum of $10.3 billion in 2020, the figure in a document Abuja penultimate Friday, the council under the herdsmen conflict, separatist the Presidential Economic presented during its sixth detailing the socio-economic chairmanship of Prof Doyin Continued on page 5 Campbell: How Buhari Can Save Nigeria from Implosion Canvasses true devolution of power Bayo Akinloye could be also addressed if the federal government considered See story on pgs 19 & 20 A former United States the logic in power devolution. Female Drivers of Fintech Solutions in Nigeria... Ambassador to Nigeria, John "Right away, it would be Campbell, has said President those steps that could be taken Muhammadu Buhari must that would show Nigerian urgently take a number of people that the government steps that could immediately is moving to address the issues help to salvage the country that bedevil the country. I from collapsing, otherwise, if would start with police reform the current situation continues and also, seeking to address to deteriorate, the imminent the question of human rights implosion would be an abuses by both the police and "unmitigated disaster." the military," Campbell told In an exclusive interview THISDAY. with THISDAY, Campbell The former US ambassador described the 1914 and the Ralph Bunche senior amalgamation of the Southern fellow for Africa policy studies and Northern protectorates as at the Council on Foreign an idea by the British colonial Relations also recommended Adia Sowho Damilola Odufuwa Eloho Omame rulers for mere administrative that the federal government convenience, which failed should seriously consider a to factor the fault lines into constitution that addresses the proper account. aspiration of the masses and Listing some of the endorsed by them. immediate steps to include He argued that the previous addressing the police and as well as the current military's age-old issue of constitutions used by the human rights abuses, he Nigerian government were added that the agitations in some quarters for secession Continued on page 10 Omotoso: Sanwo-Olu’s Investment in Education Paying Off… Page 10 Odunayo Eweniyi Oluwaseun Runsewe Yewande Akomolafe-Kalu 2 SUNDAY MAY 16, 2021 • THISDAY SUNDAY MAY 16, 2021 • THISDAY 3 4 SUNDAY MAY 16, 2021 • THISDAY ͹;˜ͺ͸ͺ͹˾THISDAY, THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER 5 PAGE FIVE Warning Strike: El-Rufai, NLC Poised for Showdown Unions threaten to shut Kaduna airport John Shiklam in Kaduna and destruction of government Sani warned that besides the everyone concerned should be entitlements. and Engineers (NAAPE) Chinedu Eze in Lagos property in 2017 during a restriction on imposed by the rightly guided.” It said, "Since the history of threatened to shut down the protest against the sacking COVID-19 protocols, a ban on The state government Nigeria there's no government Kaduna airport in compliance Kaduna State Government of over 20,000 workers by public processions subsisted had earlier in the week that disengaged workers like with the strike action declared and the Nigerian Labour the Governor Nasir el-Rufai in this state. issued a circular directing the present government of by NLC Congress (NLC) are poised for government. He alleged He said the state government civil servants to disregard Governor Nasir Elrufai. The unions made this known a showdown on Monday at the that there was a subsisting would “protect its facilities and the NLC strike notice. The "This is the time to tell in a statement on Saturday commencement of a five-day warrant for Wabba’s arrest “for the right of its staff to access circular by the Permanent the world that Kaduna State addressed to the Managing warning strike by the latter. vandalisation of government and work in their offices,” Secretary, Establishment, government is antiworker and Director/Chief Executive The state chapter of NLC had facilities, in violation of the warning, “It is unlawful for Amina Abdullahi, on behalf want to destroy the civil service Officer of Federal Airports last week issued notice of the Miscellaneous Offences Act anyone to try to deny them the Head of Service, and in the name of reform.” Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) warning strike, commencing and other laws of the land.” access or exit.” addressed to all chief executives Meanwhile, several bodies and copied to the Kaduna on Monday, to protest the According to the He said, “Government offices of government agencies and affiliated to NLC directed their Branch Chairman/Secretariat of sacking of workers by the commissioner, “Security are not the property of any parastatals, directed all civil members to participate in the NUATE, ANAP and NAAPE. state government. agencies have been notified trade unionist and none of them servants to report to work and five-day warning strike. The The unions said they would But the government of the plans of some trade should entertain thoughts of sign a register. unions include Nigeria Union proceed with the industrial warned civil servants against unionists to recruit hoodlums, locking up or vandalising any “I am directed to request you of Petroleum and Natural Gas action from midnight of participating in the strike, including from other states, to facility. to inform all civil servants in Workers (NUPENG), National Sunday, May 16 to midnight accusing NLC of plotting to create a destructive spectacle “As in 2017, the Kaduna State your MDAs and other arms of Union of Road Transport of Friday, May 21. cause violence in the state. and further their self-serving Government will not subject government to disregard the Workers (NURTW), National The statement dated May However, several labour narrative about public service its policy to the veto of a mob. notice issued by the NLC and Union of Electricity Employees 14, 2021 and titled, “Notice organisations directed their jobs and insecurity.” “This government did not report to work,” the circular of Nigeria (NUEE), National of Strike Action at Kaduna members to participate in the Sani alleged, “The Kaduna campaign on a platform of said. Union of Banks, Insurance and Airport,” was jointly signed action, with aviation workers State Government has been tired populism and it was not However, the state chapter Financial Institution Employees by General Secretary, NUATE, threatening to close the Kaduna made aware of plans by some elected to practice timidity as of NLC, in a statement, called (NUBIFIE), Nigeria Union of Comrade Ocheme Aba, airport in compliance with the trade unionists, led by Ayuba public policy. on workers to disregard the Railway Workers, National Secretary General, ANAP, NLC protest. Wabba, to reprise the mayhem “It is not about to create the threats by the government. The Association of Nurses and Comrade Abdulrasaq Saidu, At a press conference on they visited on Kaduna during mistaken impression that it has statement signed by the state Midwives, Aviation Workers and Deputy General Secretary, Saturday in Kaduna, the their rampage of 8 November much fiscal wiggle room as secretary of NLC, Comrade Union, and Local Government NAAPE, Comrade Umoh Commissioner for Local 2017.” a subnational or that it is the Christiana Bawa, said no Employees. Ofonime. It said, “All workers Government Affairs, Mallam Wabba and other trade supreme goal of government worker in the state civil service Aviation workers under the at the Kaduna airport have Jafaru Sani, alleged that some union leaders on November to pay 100,000 people while in the El-Rufai administration aegis of the National Union been directed to withdraw all trade union leaders, led by 8, 2017 led a protest against the ignoring the larger public had job security. of Air Transport Employees services at the airport within President of NLC, Mr. Ayuba sacking of 21,780 schoolteachers welfare of 10m citizens. NLC accused the Kaduna (NUATE), Association of the stipulated period. In effect, Wabba, were planning to cause in the state, said to have failed “The trade union laws of State government of sacking Nigerian Aviation Professionals there will be no operations of mayhem in the state.
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