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12—VANGUARD, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2019 Edo ready to pay N30,000 minimum wage —Acting Gov By Gabriel Enogholase BENIN—EDO State Acting Governor, Mr Philip Shaibu has assured that the state government would pay the N30,000 minimum wage recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, as part of deliberate effort to improve the welfare of civil servants in the state. He gave the assurance yesterday in Benin City, during the 2019 state’s delegate conference organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC. He said, “As a government, payment of N30,000 minimum wage is not an issue. We are putting a lot of reforms in place that will make the new minimum wage take you home and as well have savings “I want to use this medium to assure workers that their welfare is our priority. We are ready to pay the newly approved N30,000 minimum wage signed into law by President Buhari.” The acting governor also assured that the state government wil not sack any worker, but would retrain them for efficient service delivery to tax payers, noting, “When we say we want to train you, the training is not meant to sack you, rather to enhance your productivity to enable you create wealth for the people.” He urged delegates attending the conference to elect credible leaders with proven character, adding that the state government would collaborate with elected leaders in piloting the affairs of the state in the next four years. Transparency'll minimise post election challenges —Okowa By Festus Ahon AIfeanyi SABA—GOVERNOR Okowa of Delta State, has said one of the ways to minimise post election conflict was to ensure free, fair and transparent party primaries and general election. Okowa who spoke during the first Maris annual lecture on “Managing Post Election Challenges: Nigeria as a case study’ in Asaba,” said: “To mitigate post election challenges, it is necessary that the government and electoral body collaborate with the media and civil society to activate modalities for sensitising and educating the candidates and electorate to ensure that all stakeholders are aware that there is need for peace and stability before, during and after elections, while those who are dissatisfied with election outcomes seek :Vanguard News legal remedies.” The governor who was represented by the state Commissioner for Water Resources, Mr Fidelis Tilije, said; “There is indeed a high concentration of political power in our system and the winner-takes-all mentality around elections contribute to build up of tension after every election. This already challenging context is complicated by the high rate of unemployment and poverty in the country.” In his lecture, the Managing Director of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Chief Williams Makinde stressed the need for post election development challenge to be inclusive, increase production capacity and not consumption capacity. :@vanguardnews :@vanguardnews NEWS HOTLINES: 08052867023, 08052867058 LECTURE: From left—Group Executive Director, Dangote Industries Limited, Halima Aliko Dangote; Wife of former British Prime Minister, Cherie Blair (Guest Speaker); Former Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegn (Guest Speaker); and President/CE, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, at the 2019 Women Corporate Directors Lecture sponsored by Aliko Dangote Foundation, themed, “The Courage to Lead: Inspiring Others, Overcoming Challenges and Achieving Success," in Lagos, yesterday. APC, activists kick as Bayelsa House of Assembly passes life pension for members By Samuel Oyadongha Y passage ENAGOA—THE of a pension bill by Bayelsa State House of Assembly for members of the House which now entitles them to life pension has received knocks and condemnations from the opposition All Progressive Congress, APC and other stakeholders in the state. The House had on Wednesday speedily passed the Pensions for Governor, Deputy Governors and members of the state House of Assembly Bill, 2019 which repealed the Bayelsa State Pensions for Governor and Deputy Governor Law, 2003. Though the 2003 law captured only the governors and their deputies, the 2019 bill was initiated to include and take care of the interest of the lawmakers. According to the 2019 bill, “The Speaker shall be entitled to a monthly pension of N500,000, the Deputy Speaker N300,000, House Leaders and Whips N250,000 each, Deputy Leaders and Deputy Whips N200,000 each and other members N100,000 each.” The bill sponsored by the outgoing member and Leader of the House, Mr Peter Akpe, reads in part: “A member shall be entitled to the amount specified for presiding and or principal officers only if he served in that capacity for a minimum of two years, otherwise he shall be paid as a member. “If by reason not listed in Section 2 of this law the tenure of a member is terminated, the member shall be entitled to a prorated amount determined by the ratio of the time spent and the statutory tenure. “Where a former member of the state House of Assembly is privileged to serve as a governor or deputy governor respectively, he shall not receive the pension for the offices as a former member of the House and that of a governor and deputy governor concurrently.” APC condemns bill However, the opposition APC in the state, environmental/rights activists and other stakeholders have rejected the bill, describing the action of the lawmakers as self serving and anti people. State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mr. Doifie Buokoribo, in a statement in Yenagoa said: “APC Bayelsa completely rejects this life pension bill for members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly. The bill is unjust, ungodly and self-serving. “APC has been at the forefront of efforts to enthrone a regime of better life for the people of Bayelsa State. “Regarding this latest move by the House of Assembly, we again say that the idea is avaricious, wicked, and insensitive. By proposing such a law, the lawmakers have merely portrayed themselves as a people who feel no concern for the feelings of their suffering constituents.” Bill can't be justified; we're disappointed —Rights activists Also rights activists, Mr. Furoebi Akene, Chairman Board of Trustees, Centre for Environmental Preservation and Development, CEPAD, said the bill could not be justified especially at a time when “pensioners in the state are being owed by the state government with the resultant effect taking its toll on the senior citizens. “The action of the lawmakers is a huge disappointment to our people. The way and swiftness in passing the bill is an indication that what matters to them is their personal interest. “They don’t know what the law is, they need to read the pension reform Act 2004 and the provision thereof which clearly spelt out what is pensionable job in the country.” Also, Head, Environmental Rights Action, ERA, Bayelsa State, Alagoa Morris said: “I wish to ask whether in going ahead with this bill without public hearing, the Assembly has rescinded it’s decision to subject every bill to public scrutiny via public hearing." Etukudo, Essien demand gas flaring money paid to victims By Chioma Onuegbu U YO—BRIGADIER General Anthony Etukudo (retd) and a former member House of Representatives, Chief Nduese Essien have demanded that monies collected from oil companies by the Federal Government as penalty for gas flaring should be paid directly to the victims in oil producing states. Speaking in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, at the conferment of Honorary doctorate degree award on him by International Bible Academy, IBA, General Etukudo urged the Federal Government to ensure that current efforts aimed at stopping the flaring of gas in the country was fully implemented by the oil companies. He said, “Since 1979, the Federal Government has been collecting money from oil companies in Niger Delta as penalty for gas flare but nothing has been remitted to the core oil producing communities. Gas flaring penalty should be the exclusive right of inhabitants of core oilproducing communities because of the environmental hazard suffered by them, including health hazard. “The time to put a stop to global warming is now. But the world is not serious in curbing global warming. While developing countries are willing to cooperate, developed countries, such as China, US, Japan, France and some oil producing countries of the world are busy emitting carbon gases into the Innoson back to court INNOSON Nigeria Ltd has gone back to court to enforce the judgment it obtained against Guaranty Trust Bank. Innoson in the fresh application through its lawyer, Prof McCarthy Mbadugha, is praying the court to mandate the appearance of some officials of the bank on a day, date, time and venue as may be deemed fit by this court to appear for the wilful, deliberate, wanton and climate, thereby destroying the ozone layer, which protects direct heat from the sun to the world. “The world needs our care. Let us begin the change towards a better world from our small corner of existence." unlawful violation of the subsisting orders of this court and or interfering with or obstructing the court’s due administration of the court orders. It is also contending that bank had obstructed the court bailiffs/Sheriffs from executing the orders of the court granted in its (Innoson favour)and also un-distressed and released from seizures all the properties of the banks seized and attached by the bailiffs/sheriffs in furtherance of the court order.
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