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C M Y K Vanguard, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2019—33 TRAINING: From left—Director, Energy, Bureau of Public Procurements, BPP, Engr. Babatunde Kuye; Director, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Lagos Liason Office, Dr. Folasade Caiafas; General Manager, Lagos State Public Procurement Agency, Mr. Onafowote Idowu; Director, Investigation, Intelligence and Monitoring, Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, Dr. Gwimi Peters, and BPP Director, Compliance, Certification and Monitoring, Engr. Ishaq Yahaya, at the 2019 Second Batch Conversation Training/Programme for procurement cadre of federal parastatals and agencies in Oshodi, Lagos. Unpaid salaries: 500 teachers protest, block C-River gov’s office By Ike Uchechukwu CALABAR—AGAIN, no fewer than 500 science teachers in Cross River State, yesterday, blocked the state Governor’s Office with mats, wrappers in protest over the alleged removal of their names from the payroll of the state. They also raised the alarm over non-payment of their salaries for the months September and October, adding that they have turned to beggars and doing odd jobs in a bid to survive. It will be recalled that the teachers had on November 5, blocked the gate to the Governor’s Office, denying workers and visitors entry and exit from the office. Speaking with Vanguard, spokesperson of the teachers, Mr Kenneth Bisong said that they (teachers) don’t understand the rationale behind the Ben Ayade-led administration’s decision to stop paying them and the removal of their names from the payroll. “We are among the best brains as far as science teaching is concerned in Cross River State. Our recruitment in 2015 was done by Educom, an Indian firm with a proven track record of standard and excellence. “Initially, we didn’t know that something has happened until our colleagues stared getting paid and our people were not. We went to relevant offices to find out what happened. We discovered that our names had been removed from the payroll by the state government. “Our names were removed from the payroll in September, we started work •...occupy gov’s office with mats,wrappers since 2015, but we were paroled in January 2016. We are about 500 teachers affected and it could be more. “Government didn’t follow the service rules, we don’t know what the government <strong>want</strong>s to achieve by removing our names from the payroll and treating us unjustly. “We are the live-wire of secondary schools, we are the soul of our younger ones, tomorrow’s leaders. Does the government intend to engage quacks? All we <strong>want</strong> is the payment of our September and October salary arrears.” By Harris Emanuel UYO—A group of ex - service contract workers with Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to order investigation into the delay in payment of N11.4 billion owed 1,444 sacked workers of the company since 2012. Secretary-General of the group, Ubong Eshiet made the call, yesterday, while interacting with newsmen in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. He said, they decided to bring the matter to the attention of the President for intervention, since MPN was showing lackadaisical attitude towards the payment of their severance package/ welfare after their sack, No one was sacked—Govt When contacted, Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to Governor Ayade, Mr Christian Ita said it was just an audit by government as no one had been sacked. “Nobody has been sacked, it is just an audit. A lot of people who joined the civil service in 2015 did so through the back door. There is no cause for alarm, no one has been sacked. “The governor is doing a cleansing of the state payroll in other to delete ghost workers. Nobody has sacked them. Government has Ex-Mobil workers petition Buhari over N11.4bn severance package adding that such delay was at variance with the Federal Government’s road-map for sustainable peace in the Niger – Delta region. Eshiet also disclosed that for the eight years that the company denied them what he described as “end-of-servicebenefits,” life has been unbearable as many of them live in abject poverty and dejection. He said: “The matter has failed to materialise, even after the former Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu and outgone GMD, NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru, had assured during a meeting in Abuja with us that the severance package would be paid. “The House of Representatives Committee on Public realised that because approval was given for employment in some areas, the people in charge resorted to over employment. “In some cases, over 200 persons were approved for employment, the people saddled with the responsibility recruited 700 staff. So, nobody has been sacked. “Those whose employment are genuine have been given letters for re-validation of their employment. This means that those that were genuinely employed are to be restored back to the payroll,” Ita said. Petition during President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, was aware of this before it was allegedly swept under the carpet on the orders of the company. “The company has breached the Collective Bargaining Agreement, CBA, it signed with the workers on July 10, 2010 . We therefore, call on President Buhari to order a thorough investigation into the delay in the payment of N11.4 billion severance benefits to 1, 444 sacked service contract workers since 2012.” Media and Communication Manager, Mobil, Ogechukwu Udeagha could not be reached at press time, as calls to his cell phone were not answered. Failed federal roads: Delta govt shuts Asaba-Ilah-Uromi Road By Festus Ahon ASABA—DELTA State Commissioner for Works, Mr. James Augoye, yesterday, announced the partial closure of the Asaba-Ilah-Uromi Federal Road, following the collapse of a three cell culvert due to the velocity of the water. Augoye who made this known in a chat with newsmen in Asaba, said: “It is no longer advisable for motorists to continue to use the road. The section eaten by water is as deep as one meter. “We have informed the Federal Government about the development. But in the interim, we have contacted our contractors to fill the sections washed away by water. They will fill the eroded embankment with laterite. “We have also decided to close the lane that had failed, and there are diversions for motorists. We have informed officials of Delta State Transport By Onozure Dania TWO businessmen, Akinfolabi Akindele and Taiwo Oyewunmi have dragged the Inspector-General of Police, Deputy Inspector- General of Police, Assistant Inspector-General of Police and Commissioner of Police to court over violation of their fundamental human rights. In the fundamental rights enforcement suit before a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, the applicants are praying the court to declare that the arrest and detention of Oyewunmi by the 7th and 8th respondents on October 22, 2019 on the instruction of 1st to 6th respondents is unconstitutional, null and void. Joined in the suit as 5th to 9th respondents are Deputy Commissioner of Police, Ali Mohammed, Taofik Tijani, Sergeant Musa Mohammed, Ibrahim Dalatu and Biodun Aguda. The applicants are asking the court to declare that the invitation of Akindele by the IGP Monitoring Units, Abuja, to appear before it on October 28, 2019 is illegal, Management Agency, DESTMA and Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, to be on ground to ensure non-usage of the closed section.” He assured motorists plying Enerhen Road in Warri area of the state that the Udu bridge is safe for use, adding that the concrete bridge built in 1970 by Dumex Construction Company did not fail. Insisting that the bridge is very strong for motorists, Augoye said when the disturbing report about the purported failure of the bridge got to his office, a team of engineers were dispatched to carry out integrity test. Augoye, flanked by the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, called on the Federal Government to urgently undertake a comprehensive rehabilitation of the Benin-Sapele-Warri Highway. Bizmen drag IG, DIG, AIG, commissioner to court unconstitutional, null and void on the ground that land matters is not within the contemplation of the functions of the Police because it is a civil matter. The applicants are further praying the court to declare that they are entitled to their personal liberty, <strong>freed</strong>om of movement, right to dignity and compulsory acquisition of property as entrenched in Chapter IV of Section 34, 35(6), 36, 44 and 46(1) (2) of 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Articles 5, 6, 7, 12, 14 of African Charter on Human and People’s Rights Ratification and Enforcement Law of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. Akindele and Oyewunmi <strong>want</strong> the court to order the respondents to tender public apology to them for the breach of their fundamental rights. The applicants are also seeking an injunction restraining the first to eighth respondents, from further interfering in land matters in Alaka/Stadium Area, Lagos State.
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