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The Executive Secretary of the Cocoa Association of Nigeria, Mr Michael Olusegun Adewunmi was kidnapped by unknown gunmen at Akinjo Junction, Oshokoti area in Akure the Ondo state capital on June 18th.
The kidnappers forced him out of his Toyota Lexus SUV, took his Ipad and mobile phones. No word has been heard from his kidnappers.
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Nollywood actress, Shan George, has advised upcoming actors to be patient and hard working as that is the only key to a successful growth in the industry.
The actress stated that one cannot make it so big in the Nigerian make-belief industry if the person does not have passion for the job.
Shan George whose movie, ‘Finding Goodluck,’ has earned several awards, noted that marital status has a lot to play in the way person acts.
She noted that though marital status should not be an issue, but some spouse who are not comfortable with the roles their partner is playing always kick against it.
“Marital status matters if the person’s spouse is against their partner playing certain roles, aside that, marital status shouldn’t be an issue,” she told Vnolly.
No fewer than 12 of the 36 states of the federation are facing difficult times as the salaries they owe their workers are approximately well over N110bn. This represents the salaries being owed by government of 10 of the states of the federation. They are Osun, Rivers, Oyo, Ekiti, Kwara, Kogi, Ondo, Plateau, Benue, and Bauchi states.
The 36 state governors, who met during the week in Abuja under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum for the second time after the May 29 inauguration of the new government, expressed their concern over the issue.
The situation, according to Saturday PUNCH investigation, has been giving some of the governors’ aides serious concern as they are also being owed salaries and allowances.
The governors had resolved to meet with the President to demand the refund of the money spent on executing Federal Government projects in their respective states to enable them to pay their workers.
Rivers State, for example, which has a monthly wage bill of about N7bn, has not paid its workers for three months, putting the total amount of salaries the state owes its workers at N21bn.
It was learnt that while some workers in the state are owed 10 months’ salaries, the core civil servants have not been paid their salaries for the past three months. Drivers, gardeners, cleaners and some office assistants are some of the workers being owed salaries for 10 months. These workers are always paid from government overhead or imprest.
A reliable source in the state Ministry of Finance, who craved anonymity, told one of our correspondents that “Every month, the government gives out imprest from which drivers, cleaners and some office assistants are paid. This set of workers has not been paid for the past 10 months, while the core civil servants have not received their March, April and May salaries.”
The wage bill of Oyo State rose from N4.9bn to N5.3bn towards the end of 2014 after the promotion of workers and review of salaries by Governor Abiola Ajimobi.
Therefore, the total sum of the three months’ salaries the state owes its workers is N15.9bn.
It will be recalled that after the workers went on a two-week strike recently, the government reached an agreement with labour leaders that the payment of March salaries would resume anytime in June.
There are conflicting figures on the actual work force in the state but a reliable source in the state civil service commission put the figure between 35,000 and 40,000 with local government workers and teachers in the majority.
The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in the state, Waheed Olojede, told one of our correspondents that the Memorandum of Understanding the union signed with the state government, which was the basis for the suspension of the strike was still in force.
In spite of its status as an oil producing state, the Ondo State Government still owes its workers two months salaries – April and May.
Investigation revealed that the monthly wage bill for the state’s 56,000 workers was N5bn. So the two month’s salaries being owed amount to N10bn.
Of the amount, it was gathered that core civil servants collect N1.6bn, secondary school teachers, N1.3bn, while local government workers and primary school teachers collect N2.1bn.
The State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Kayode Akinmade, described the development as unfortunate. He also said that Governor Olusegun Mimiko’s aides and other political office holders in the state were being owed as well.
“All political appointees are affected, including me. We’re being paid at the same time with the civil servants. So, all of us are affected. But I’m very sure that by next week, the salaries will be paid.”
Akinmade, however, urged political office holders who might be threatening to resign as a result of non-payment of their salaries to shun such an idea.
“It will be unfair for any appointee to resign due to the development. When it was rosy, we all enjoyed it and we should be able to endure now,” he said.
A source at the Office of the Head of Service, Abia State, put the state’s work force at 22, 000. But there have been conflicting reports on the number of months workers in the state are being owed salaries.
While the state government has consistently maintained that no civil servant in its core civil service is being owed any entitlement, workers in various parastatals in the state have complained of non-payment of salaries for five months.
Some workers in the Abia State Universal Basic Education Board told one of our correspondents that they were being owed for five months, while their counterparts in the Secondary Education Management Board complained that they have not been paid salaries for four months.
Similarly, staff members of the state’s Hospital Management Board, Abia Line Transport Network and tertiary institutions, have also complained of non-payment of six months’ salaries.
A source in the state Ministry of Finance said that the state’s wage bill “fluctuates between N2bn and N2.5bn.”
It was, however, learnt that Abia State was getting between N3bn and N3.5bn monthly before the drop in the federal allocation.
A Senior Special Assistant on Media to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, Mr. Ugochukwu Emezue, appealed to the affected workers to be patient with the government, assuring that they would be paid their salaries as soon as the state’s revenue improved.
He also urged political office holders in the state to exercise patience, adding that Ikpeazu’s administration was new and needed some time to settle down to deal with the problems.
Like its counterparts, Kwara State also owes local government workers a total of N3.4bn as salaries for four months.
Although the state’s monthly wage bill was said to be fluctuating between N2.7bn and N2.8bn, one of our correspondents learnt that the monthly salaries of local government workers in the state are about N849m. This amounted to N3.4bn in four months.
Saturday PUNCH also gathered that Kogi State Government has 17, 750 core civil servants and owes N3.1bn in salaries.
According to the state Commissioner for Information, Zainab Okino, the number did not include local government workers, primary school teachers, and staff of the state judiciary, legislature and tertiary institutions.
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The wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has relocated to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, barely three weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration was inaugurated.
Since they were inaugurated, Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo have been operating from outside the Presidential Villa.
This is despite the fact that both men have their official residences and offices inside the Villa.
Both of them have been operating from their private residences as well as the Defence House, official residence of the President-elect located at Maitama District, Abuja.
Our correspondent gathered that Mrs. Buhari formally relocated to the Presidential Villa on Thursday at a time when her husband was out of Abuja.
“Hajia (Buhari) arrived here (Presidential Villa) with her entourage at about 6pm on Thursday. She had relocated ahead of her husband. She passed the night here,” a Presidency official told our correspondent on Friday.
As of the time our correspondent visited the First Lady’s Wing of the Presidential Villa on Friday, some exotic cars were seen parked in front of the premises, an indication that Mrs. Buhari was playing host to some guests.
Another Presidency official told our correspondent that the President is expected to join his wife inside the Presidential Villa on arrival from his local trip.
Buhari had departed Abuja for Kaduna on Tuesday shortly after he arrived from South Africa where he took part in the just-concluded 25th Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union.
He proceeded from Kaduna to his hometown, Daura, in Katsina State.
Buhari is expected back in Abuja from the journey described as “private trips” this weekend.
“The President is expected back this weekend. He will be expected to join his wife here on his arrival,” the source added.
Upon his formal relocation to the Presidential Villa, Buhari is expected to operate for the first time from his office on Monday.
As of the time of filing this report, Osinbajo and his wife have yet to relocate to the Villa.
It was not clear whether they will move in at the same time with Buhari.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, had told our correspondent that ongoing renovation work was hindering Buhari from moving into the Presidential Villa.
He had said, “As far as the President is concerned, the place (his official residence) is not ready yet. Workers are cleaning and refurbishing the place. Once the exercise is completed, the President will move in.”
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One of Nigeria’s very controversial entertainer, Charles Oputa popularly known as Charly Boy or better still, Area Fada, turned a year older yesterday and his American Wife of 37 years, Lady D, took time to write an interesting birthday message to him
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My dear Charles
You have been in our lives for many- many seasons, and I have chosen to lay my heart out for that reason. This is for the best Husband, Father and Son that I know. The one who is dedicated to his family and works hard for us. My Husband and Friend, our love shall never end, even when it goes through the fire, because you and only you are my true heart desire.
The children and I will always pray for you, the man who has inspired millions because you never gave up on your dream. I will always provide a home of love and emotional purity, and when life places pain in your heart, may I always fill it with love. Thanks for being there for us, thanks for loving me and for all the beautiful memories you have given me so far.
To my soul mate, lover and best friend… Happy Birthday.
Charly Boy is now 64 years old. Happy Birthday to him.
There have been some sorts of horrifying reports released by the UN regarding the cruel happenings faced by women and children in Sudan...
A UN report violence against children, reveals that a girl was murdered by two soldiers because they could not agree on who was going to rape her first, during the Sudan’s civil war.
Christopher Tidey from UNICEF, said one girl was ‘killed because the attackers could not decide on who would rape the victim first. So the child was killed to resolve the dispute.He said other girls were abducted ‘to be used as wives’. This was according to Vice News.
Some witnesses who had arrived at the Bentiu camp stated that some boys had their genitals cut off and were left to bleed to death. They recapped how their entire families were thrown into burning houses, and girls as young as eight were raped before being murdered.
“In one incident, [boys] were tied up and had their throats slit,” said Tidey. “It seems that in a lot of these cases the children were targeted. The logic is that they don’t want the children to grow up to be the next generation who will then pick up the fight or exact some sort of revenge.”
The UN children’s agency chief said:
‘Survivors report that boys have been castrated and left to bleed to death… girls as young as eight have been gang raped and murdered.
The conflict in Sudan started in December 2013 when President Salva Kiir accused his former deputy Riek Machar of planning a coup, setting off a cycle of retaliatory killings across the country that has split the poverty-stricken, landlocked country along ethnic lines.
