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  • Oyo Govt begins payment of 13th Month Salary

    Oyo Govt begins payment of 13th Month Salary

    Oyo State Government says it has commenced the payment of 13th-month salaries to workers in the state.

    Dr Wasiu Olatubosun, the state Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, made this known in a statement on Friday in Ibadan.

    Olatubosun said that the workers have started receiving alerts for the payment.

    According to him, the Gov. Seyi Makinde-led administration had on Wednesday promised to make the workers smile, by paying 13th month salaries before January 2023.

    The commissioner recalled how Makinde’s administration, on assumption in May 2019, paid workers’ salaries, in spite of the dwindling economy in the country.

    He declared that the current administration would never toy with the welfare of the state civil servants.

    Olatubosun recalled that the state government was one of the few state governments that have continued to pay the minimum wage without failure.

    “One of the successes of the Seyi Makinde-led government is the uninterrupted payment of members of staff salaries.

    “I recall also that Seyi Makinde has stayed committed to uninterrupted payment of salaries and 13th month salaries since he became Governor,” Olatubosun said.

  • Slash lawmakers’ salary by 50% to meet ASUU’s demands – Ndume

    Slash lawmakers’ salary by 50% to meet ASUU’s demands – Ndume

    Sen. Ali Ndume (APC-Borno South) has called for a reasonable slash in the salaries of the national assembly by half to allocate it to the Academic Staff Union of Universities,(ASUU) in order to meet their pressing demands.

    Ndume made the call while reacting to the alleges half pay for the academic staff in Maiduguri on Thursday.

    Ndume, a former Senate Leader, advised the federal government to constitute a high powered standing committee of respected educationist and patriotic Nigerians to meet with the ASUU leadership to address lingering burning issues.

    “Even if it means that the National Assembly will reduce sitting allowances or be paid on casual allowances basis whenever they sit at the Lower and upper chambers, by cutting the recurrent expenditure in the budget of the federal lawmakers to settle the ASUU arrears, let it be. It will be in the overall national interest of Nigerians

    “We only assemble twice or so per week and get paid as such.

    “Civil servants who worked from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and were paid their full salaries and allowances monthly.

    “So why will the federal government cut university lecturers salaries because they went on legitimate strike action in which, constitutionally, they are fighting for their rights and privileges.

    “As a matter of priority and as a public servant in the legislative chambers, we don’t work; so why don’t you just give us half salary and then pay ASUU.

    “It is high time they resolve the issue once and for all even if they have to borrow or make supplementary budgets.

    “We are budgeting 20.5 trillion for 2023, I don’t see any reason why the government will not budget one trillion to address the lingering challenges of the education sector including ASUU strikes.

    “Eight months, student were at home doing nothing and they are the public and we are the public servants. In the budget of 2023, the over head is 43 per cent.

    “If you can spend N8.3trillion on public servants why don’t you spend N1trillion in public universities.

    “Some of those involved in the negotiations do not have children in public universities.

    “How can you be talking about something that you have no stake in? I don’t have a child in public schools, all my children are schooling outside the country; most politicians are like that too and they are the once negotiating.

    “With this to me, we will not get any where. Even if we got somewhere it will be temporary because other people will be playing to the gallery.

    “Some of them will be claiming to be defending the interest of the federal government and the others will be pretending to be defending the interest of the masses and at the end they are only playing to the gallery,”he said.

  • ASUU got pro rata payment, for work done, not half salary, FG says

    ASUU got pro rata payment, for work done, not half salary, FG says

    The Federal Government has denied the accusation that it paid members of the Academic Staff Union of Nigeria (ASUU) half salaries in October. Instead, ASUU, it says, got pro-rata payment which means it got paid for days its members worked in October

    Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment in a statement was reacting to reports on alleged selective treatment and half salary payment to ASUU members.

    The ministey described both reports as grossly inaccurate, misleading and barefaced distortion of facts.

    It noted that members of ASUU were paid their October salary pro-rata, and not half salary as the media widely reported.

    Pro-rata was done because they cannot be paid for work not done.

    The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, never directed the Accountant General of the Federation to pay the university lecturers half salary.

    “Following the ruling of the Court of Appeal, which upheld the order of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), asking ASUU to go back to work, the leadership of the union wrote to the Minister, informing him that they have suspended the strike.

    “The Federal Ministry of Education wrote to Ngige in a similar vein and our labour inspectors in various states also confirmed that they have resumed work.

    “So, the minister wrote to the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and Planning, directing that their salaries should be restored.

    “They were paid pro-rata according to the number of days they worked in October,’’ he said.

    He added counting from the day they suspended their industrial action, pro-rata was done because “you cannot pay them for work not done. Everybody’s hands are tied.”

    Oshundun also dismissed a statement by the Chairperson of ASUU, Usman Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS) branch, Muhammad Al-Mustapha, that the Minister of Labour and Employment was biased in the payment of salaries to selected professional members of the union.

    “Those obviously being referred to by the UDUS ASUU chairperson are members of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association (MDCAN) who abstained from the eight-month strike of ASUU.

    “This is because they abhorred the incessant strikes by the union and its grave effects on medical education in Nigeria and production of more medical doctors.

    “Accusing the Minister of Labour and Employment of biased payment of salaries to selected professional members of ASUU is a barefaced distortion of facts.

    “Mustapha said he received information that a segment of the staff in the College of Health Sciences (CHS) has been paid seven months of their withheld salaries from March to September.

    “He added that this was due to a letter written to the Minister of Finance, instructing the exemption of the listed staff on the application of ‘No Work, No Pay’ rule,“ Oshundun said.

    According to him, to set the records straight, the medical lecturers who are being referred to by the Chairperson of ASUU UDUS branch, abstained from the eight-month strike of ASUU.

    He added that the the Medical and Dental Consultants Association (MDCAN) had in a statement corroborated this on Nov. 4.

    The association said in the statement, “Realising the emergency situation in the sub-region, worsened by emerging public health threats, we abstained from the strike.

    “The medical and dental lecturers in UDUS decided to continue the academic activities during the ASUU strike to save our healthcare from total collapse.

    Consequently, the ministry dismissed the accusation of selective treatment in payment of salaries to ASUU members, urging the media to crosscheck their facts to avoid feeding the public with the wrong information.

    However, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, the ASUU President, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said that members of the union were shocked when they received the half salary payment.

    According to Osodeke, we cannot understand what is going on. How do you pay people who are just resuming from a prolonged strike half salary.

    “Well, what we need to do, is to sort it out with the Minister of Labour and Employment,” Osodeke said.

  • NASU urges FG to pay salary arrears for period of strike

    NASU urges FG to pay salary arrears for period of strike

    The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) said it expects the Federal Government to pay salary arrears for the four months their industrial action lasted.

    Mr Peters Adeyemi, General Secretary of NASU, said this while addressing a news conference at the union ongoing National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Wednesday in Abuja.

    Adeyemi said that NEC expects the federal government to make arrangements for payment of the salary arrears.

    According to NASU, since all parties within the University system have suspended their industrial actions, it behooves on government to start reviewing those hard stance it took while the tertiary institutions were under lock and key.

    “A moratorium was given to the federal government which will elapses by November 2022.

    “This should serve as a veritable opportunity for government to sit down and begin to address the existing demands by the unions, one of which is the salary arrears, ’’he said.

    Adeyemi also said that under no circumstance would the government sweep the issue under the carpet, especially when the government obliged the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) similar gesture after they suspended their two months strike.

    He also added that, I have confidence as a union person that those salaries will be paid, because it has been paid to the guys in the health sector which was for two months.

    “The Minister of Labour and Employment also facilitated the payment and he is still there, I am confident he will facilitate this payment, ’’he said.

    Earlier, Dr Hassan Makolo, National President of NASU also said that the decision to embark on strike does not come easy for unionists.

    He added that trade unions do not just embark on strike to play to the gallery, contrary to the erroneous belief of the public.

    According to him, this is because it is done at great cost to their members and the unions.

    “Those who think it is easy to go on a strike should think of staying for four, five or more months without a salary or an income.

    “Think of what that does to the household of a breadwinner who is taking part in a strike without a salary, in terms of feeding, medicals, transportation, children school fees, aged parents and other relations to cater for, as well as the landlord.

    “Moreover, most of the children in public universities and other tertiary institutions are our children.

    “Whereas the children of our employers and other government functionaries who are expected to resolve the grievances of unions in the public sector are either studying in universities abroad or are in private universities here at home, ’’he said.

    He also noted that on the part of the union, the management of the affairs of the union continues, including the management of the strike without ‘ check-off dues.

    He said that the actions and inactions of public officials foisted a needless strike on members of NASU in the Universities and Inter-University Centres.

    He therefore said that the strike would not have started in the first place, if they did what was expected of them.

    Hassan also said that the era of strikes would only be mitigated effectively if collective bargaining in the educational and allied institutions sectors are institutionalised.

    He added that this was one of the demands they put before the Federal Government, which members of the Federal Government Renegotiating Team rejected.

    He went further to state that government teams should always come to the collective bargaining table with fidelity, including implementing agreements it freely entered into with NASU.

    “Over two months after the Agreement signed by the Federal Government with the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of NASU and SSANU, that resulted in the suspension of the four months old strike.

    “We have observed that the processes expected to be put in place for the actualisation of the content of the Agreement are yet to be put in place.

    “We therefore use the opportunity of the ongoing NEC meeting to call on the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu.

    “He is to ensure that the processes for the implementation of the Agreement commence immediately before the members of NASU will start another round of agitation,’’he said.

    He also added that, we hope that some other industrial relations issues within the sector which the government is aware of will be amicably resolved within a minimum time frame.

    Newsmen reports that on Aug. 20, SANNU and NASU suspended their industrial action.

    The unions had in March embarked on a nationwide strike over what it called the nonchalant attitude of the government to their demands.

  • My wife refuses to disclose her salary to me – Husband tells court

    My wife refuses to disclose her salary to me – Husband tells court

    A stay-at-home husband, Gyang Gyang on Friday dragged his wife, Jemima before a Customary Court in Nyanya on grounds that she was not submissive to him and does not know how much she earns as salary.

    The petitioner said the allegation in a divorce petition he filed against his wife before the court.

    “As the man of the house my wife is supposed to tell me know when she’s travellng but she travels whenever she wants, without telling me,

    “I only find out she has travelled when I don’t see her in the house. She doesn’t take orders from me, and she disrespects me.” He said.

    He also told the court that his wife does not contribute to the welfare of the family.

    “My wife has never been a supportive wife. She left the upbringing of our children for me.

    ”I suffer from diabetes and hypertension. She has refused to disclose how much she earns as salary to me.

    ”She is not contributing to the welfare of the family,” he said.

    The petitioner prayed the court to dissolve his marriage before he dies of high blood pressure.

    The respondent, Jemima a civil servant, who was in court however denied the allegations.

    The Presiding judge, Doocivir Yawe, advised the couple to reconcile, saying,

    “You have been married for over 27 years, at this point where you are supposed to be enjoying your retirement and your children you are in court seeking divorce, please try reconciliation, before judgment is passed.

    He however adjourned the matter until Nov. 8 for judgment.

  • EPL: Arsenal forward, Gabriel Martinelli wants his wages tripled

    EPL: Arsenal forward, Gabriel Martinelli wants his wages tripled

    Arsenal forward, Gabriel Martinelli has notified his club that he would be needing a pay rise if they want him to sign a new contract at the club.

    The Brazilian wants the club to triple his current salary if he is to sign a new contract.

    Martinelli currently earns in the region of £ 70,000 at Arsenal every week.

    The Gunners are very keen to tie Martinelli down by giving him an improved contract but the Brazilian wants the club to triple his salary first before putting pen to paper.

    The forward has emerged as one of the best young talents in European football.

    Negotiations with the 21-year-old’s agents have started, but report says an agreement is not close.

    There is, however, no panic from either party, with Martinelli known to be settled in London and keen to stay at the Emirates.

    Martinelli scored one and assisted another in Arsenal’s 3-2 win over Liverpool on Sunday and the young lad has been instrumental to the club’s renewed form.

  • BREAKING: Gov Sanwo-Olu announces surprise salary increment for workers

    BREAKING: Gov Sanwo-Olu announces surprise salary increment for workers

    The Governor of Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced a surprise salary increment for workers in the Lagos Public Service.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Governor Sanwo-Olu made the announcement on Tuesday when he met with Public Servants of the Lagos State Public Service.

    According to Sanwo-Olu, the salary increment would be determined before end of October. He also disclosed that the Head of Service (HoS), Hakeem Muri Okunolo and the State Ministry of Establishment will work out the details of the salary increment.

     

    Details shortly…

  • ‘Okada riders are sleeping with our wives’ – Police Constables protest non-payment of salaries

    ‘Okada riders are sleeping with our wives’ – Police Constables protest non-payment of salaries

    No fewer than 480 Police Constables protested the non-payment of their salaries for 18 months on Wednesday in Osogbo.

    The constables marched through strategic locations in the Osun capital, carrying placards with various inscriptions.

    Some of the inscriptions read: “Pay our salaries now’’, “Okada riders are sleeping with our wives’’, “Pay us our stipends and allowances’’, among others.

    Speaking with newsmen, PC Tijani Adewale said the constables had been denied their salaries after the completion of their training since May 2021.

    He said in spite of the denial of their emoluments, they had remained committed to the duty of protecting lives and property.

    Adewale said that three constables had lost their lives in the course of discharging their duties, while others were losing their wives to strange men.

    He added that several efforts were made to ensure that the issue was given adequate attention and the salaries paid, but nothing happened.

    Reacting to the protest, the Commissioner of Police in Osun, Mr Adewale Olokode, ordered the protesting constables to stop the action and channel their demands to the appropriate authorities.

    Olokode assured the protesters that the police authority in charge would treat their grievance.

    “You are embarrassing the force with your protest; you should have channelled your grievances to the appropriate quarters.

    “It’s just like you are disturbing public peace with your protest. As far as you are wearing this uniform, we expect you to maintain high discipline as force men,’’ he charged.

    In another development, some police officers in the state complained that they were yet to be paid their duty allowances for the coverage of the Osun July 16 governorship election.

    One of them who spoke on the condition of anonymity said officers from the State Investigation Bureau, the Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, and Mobile Police Officers of MOPOL 39 had not been paid.

    He said their counterparts deployed from outside Osun for the same election coverage had received their allowances.

    “We have made efforts to find out the reason for the non-payment and we have not gotten any concrete feedback from the force headquarters.

    “It is against the code of service to protest in demand for the allowance, but we are appealing to the Inspector-General of Police to look into our case,’’ he said.

    NAN

  • ASUU reveals FG’s ‘miserly’ offer to university professors

    ASUU reveals FG’s ‘miserly’ offer to university professors

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has revealed the “miserly offer” made by the federal government over the increment of salaries for university professors and lecturers.

    Recall that in a statement issued by ASUU on Thursday, August 18, after the resumed meeting of the federal government and ASUU over the lingering strike action by the union, the Union president revealed that it rejected the “award” of salary by the federal government.

    It has now been revealed that the offer FG made was to increase the salaries of professors by N60,000 while other lecturers would have their salaries increased within the range of N30,000 and N60,000.

    This revelation was made by the zonal coordinator, Port Harcourt zone, Stanley Ogoun, in a chat with Punch.

    Ogoun also noted that the government promised to release the revitalisation fund of N170 billion which would be included in the 2023 budget.

    Ogoun said: “Nigerians should be aware of offers the so-called minister came up with. These are: (a) 170 billion naira for revitalisation in the 2023 budget; (b) a promise to increase by N60,000 the salary of a professor at the bar in next year’s budget; (c) no statement on the amendment of the National University Commission Act gathering dust at the National Assembly (d) payment of two tranches of outstanding Earned Academic Allowance in next year’s budget; (d) a promise to adopt the University Transparency and Accountability Solution; and (e) another promise to release the white papers.”

    Ogoun continued: “Imagine the level of deceitfulness by the minister! A promise to fulfill demands in an election year? We did not embark on strike for over six months geared towards improving our public universities only to come back with mere promissory notes from a government that is notorious for reneging on agreements. I’m sure Nigerians would not forgive us.

    “On the issue of withheld salaries, and the claim that we do not deserve the salaries. We challenge the government to prove if the unproductive staff of our moribund refineries and other agencies of similar nature are not being paid. They should also justify why unproductive politicians that are responsible for the current comatose state of Nigeria are receiving humongous salaries and allowances. For the avoidance of doubt, teaching is only one of the assignments we undertake as lecturers. It only earns a candidate, going for promotion, a maximum of one point per year. Research and community service are the core requirements for promotion.

    “The current move by the Federal Government to jettison the principle of collective bargaining and reduce our Union’s objective and patriotic struggle to revamp and reposition public universities in Nigeria to mere award of miserly salaries, ranging from N30,000 to N60,000 is unacceptable to us.”

  • We’re owing workers 2 not 6 months salary – Plateau HoS

    We’re owing workers 2 not 6 months salary – Plateau HoS

    The Plateau Government says it is owing its workers two months and not six months salary arrears as being insinuated in some quarters.

    Mr Sunday Hyat, the Head of Civil Service (HoS) in the state cleared the air in a statement on Saturday in Jos.

    Hyat was reacting to an online publication making the rounds that the state goverment was owing its civil servants six months salary arrears.

    ”My attention has been drawn to an online publication indicating that Plateau government is among the states owing its civil servants up to six months salary.

    ”For the avoidance of doubt, I want to make it categorically clear to the public that the government only owes its workers two months salary,” he said.

    Hyat, however, said that Gov. Simon Lalong of the state who has made welfare of its workers a top priority, was making frantic efforts to clear the outstanding salaries.

    He attributed the inability of goverment to be up-to-date in the payment of salaries to shortfalls from the federal monthly allocation accruing to the state.

    ”We are aware of the commitment that our governor has on the welfare of civil servants that in the last seven years of his administration salaries have been paid as and when due.

    ”The setback being experienced is as a result of revenue shortfall from the federation account of which Plateau is not immune to.

    ”I want to assure all workers that efforts are being made to clear the backlog of these two months salary on or before the month of November this year,” Hyat said.

    The HoS appealed to the workers to be patient, adding that goverment was making serious efforts to address the issue.

    He called on media organisations to ensure they get authentic information on issues before going to press to avoid embarrassment.