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  • Why Buhari cannot increase police salaries – Keyamo

    Why Buhari cannot increase police salaries – Keyamo

    Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has opined that the continuous #EndSARS protest rocking the country is becoming a mob action.

    He explained that some criminals have mixed with protesters to unleash terror on citizens and the police.

    Keyamo reiterated that President Muhammadu Buhari‘s regime was committed to improved welfare for members of the police.

    Reacting to one of the demands of #EndSARS protesters who want better remuneration for police officers nationwide, Keyamo said the President had just two years ago, increased policemen salaries.

    He added that at the moment, the Federal Government was not buoyant to increase the salaries of police officer at the moment.

    He said, “The President has no powers to come up tomorrow and announce new salaries for policemen. When you do that, you even trigger an industrial crisis because you have different segments of the society, doctors, civil servants, soldiers and others will make fresh demands.

    We just did a minimum wage last year. It was President Buhari that increased the salaries of policemen two years ago. It was after a rigorous exercise, almost 100 per cent increment. Corporals and all that went home all smiling.

    “You have to look at the national purse to do that. Right now, we are borrowing and that is why we are freeing up a lot of subsidies.”

    He emphasised that the reformation of the Nigeria Police Force is a process that won’t happen in a day.

  • FG places embargo on salaries of varsity workers not enrolled on IPPIS

    FG places embargo on salaries of varsity workers not enrolled on IPPIS

    The Federal Government has ordered stoppage of salaries of any university employee who refuses to be captured on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System with effect from November 2020.

    The government gave the directive in its latest memo from the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation with reference number OAGF/IPPIS/446/1/159, dated October 8, 2020, and signed by the Director, IPPIS, Nsikak Ben, for the AGF.

    According to reports, the memo was issued to all university vice chancellors through the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigeria, Federal Universities.

    The order read in part, “I am directed to inform you that any staff of your institution who has not enrolled on the IPPIS, either as a result of study leave (with pay), maternity leave or on medical ground, will no longer appear on the IPPIS payroll.

    “This is with effect from November 2020, except such staff presents himself/herself for the biometric data capture at the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Abuja.”

    The government said such worker would have to appear with an introductory letter/IPPIS enrolment forms duly endorsed by the principal authorities of the institution.

    It added that all supporting documents should include evidence of six months’ salary, according to bank statements.

    “In view of the above, kindly inform your staff in this category to urgently avail themselves for the biometric data capture at the OAGF,” the government stated in its memo to the vice chancellors.

    It, however, noted that exemption might only be given where institutions provided evidence of study leave.

    The government explained that in such an instance, the institution must state the duration to justify why such persons should be retained on the payroll.

    When contacted for his reaction to the latest memo, the spokesperson for the OAGF, Henshaw Ogubike, confirmed the directive.

    “The letter is from our office,” he said.

    Recall that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) had been locked in a recurring battle with the federal government over enrollment on IPPIS. The union is currently on strike to register its grievances and had also directed all its members nationwide to disregard the No, IPPIS, No Salary directive President Muhammadu Buhari.

  • My salary, allowances as Buhari’s minister not up to what I received as lecturer in Saudi Arabia – Pantami

    My salary, allowances as Buhari’s minister not up to what I received as lecturer in Saudi Arabia – Pantami

    The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami, has declared that he had not purchased property anywhere in the world since assuming office as Minister, asserting that he was motivated by patriotism to serve his country.

    He dismissed insinuations that he had procured three houses in Abuja within the period of his appointment and now.

    The Minister in a statement signed by his Media Aide, Uwa Suleiman, said his “salaries and allowances” as a serving Minister are not up to what he earned as a lecturer at the International University Madinah, Saudi Arabia.

    Dr Pantami who challenged an online publication over reports that he procured three houses since his assumed office barely a year ago, maintained that there was no iota of truth in the publication.

    The Minister maintained that he only answered a call to “serve his country as a sign of his patriotism and selfless service.”

    The statement reads: “For the purpose of setting the records straight, the Honourable Minister has not purchased a single property anywhere In the world, in the period he has been in office as a Minister. One of the apartments in the images published is one which the Honourable Minister has occupied since January 2017, more than two years before becoming a minister, while the other one is a house he rented since 17th December 2019. Two of the images are not even known to him.

    “It is worthy of note that as a serving Minister, Dr Pantami’s salaries and allowances fall below his earnings as a Professor at the International University Madinah Saudi Arabia, where he still holds the record of being the first Nigerian to lecture at that level. He only returned to Nigeria out of the zeal to contribute his quota to national development.

    “Dr Pantami is one of the few Nigerians who are driven by nothing, but an unequalled sense of patriotism and selfless service as demonstrated in his act of sacrifice, to answer the call to serve his country as a sign of his patriotism and selfless service.”

  • Eid-el-Fitri: Bauchi State workers to receive May salaries Wednesday

    Eid-el-Fitri: Bauchi State workers to receive May salaries Wednesday

    The Bauchi State Government has approved the payment of May salaries of it’s Civil Servants ahead of the Eid-el Fitri celebration slated for May 24.

    Governor Bala Mohammed disclosed this in press statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant on Media, Comrade Mukhtar Gidado and made available to TNG on Sunday.

    According to the statement, “…the State Accountant General has been directed to ensure that the salaries are paid on or before the 20th of the month, to enable workers, including pensioners enjoy a happy Eid-el Fitri celebrations…”

    Also in the statement, Governor Mohammed assures civil servants of the commitment of his administration to ensure prompt payment of salaries in addition to other reforms introduced to ensure effective service delivery.The Governor equally enjoins workers in the state to ensure total compliance with all the protocols against the infectious COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Covid-19 trouble: Pay cut hits staffers of Tinubu’s TV station, TVC

    Following the effect of the Coronavirus pandemic on the media industry, Television Continental, TVC, a broadcast television station in Lagos, has slashed its staff salaries.

    This was disclosed in a broadcast message by the Chief Executive Officer of the company, Andrew Hanlon to the staff on Monday.

    Mr Hanlon said the station owned by former Lagos state governor, Bola Tinubu, has been managing the business carefully since the outbreak.

    “Broadcasters across the world are battling with losses. In order to save jobs and not lay off any staff, I regret to inform you that we’ve been forced to reduce our pay”, he said.

    According to him, staff earning N80,000 will get a 5% reduction, those earning between N80,000 and N200,000 will get a 10% cut.

    More so, senior staff earning between N200,000 and N400,000 will get 15 per cent while those earning N400 thousand to N1 million will get a 20 per cent reduction.

    “The management team of TVC and director get 25% cut while the CEO also gets a reduction,” he said.

    He said Pension, transport, accommodation allowances remain the same without any cut.

    TVC produces and broadcasts talk, lifestyle and information shows for Nigerian audiences of all ages.

  • COVID-19: Gov Fayemi cuts Deputy governor’s, political appointees’ salary by 50%

    COVID-19: Gov Fayemi cuts Deputy governor’s, political appointees’ salary by 50%

    Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has directed that salaries of all political appointees in the State be slashed by 50 per cent with immediate effect.

    Fayemi have the directive in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, Chief Muyiwa Olumilua in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday.

    He said the development was due to the ravaging effects of the COVID-19 scourge.

    “The global economy has been severely affected and has affected Nigeria’s economy as a nation and expectedly, Ekiti.

    ” As a responsive and responsible government, we have taken stock of our financial situation,” he said.

    According to him, the pay cut will affect the governor, his deputy, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi and all political appointees down the line.

    He however said that salaries of civil servants would not be affected in any way by the directive.

    He said savings from the pay cut would be channelled into the execution and completion of developmental projects in the State, as hitherto planned.

    ” This sacrifice is for the welfare of Ekiti people above all other considerations.

    “This is vis-a-vis the constantly decreasing receipts from the federation account, as well as the state’s dwindling internally generated revenue (IGR), and has therefore, been forced to wake up to the current realities of the state’s fiscal position.

    ” Your patriotism, patience, and co-operation, is highly appreciated at all times,” he said.

  • Defiant ASUU members reject IPPIS despite FG’s salary stoppage

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday declared that it would continue to resist the deployment of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) to the nation’s university system despite the withholding of the third party deductions to the academic body and cooperative societies as well as stoppage of members’ salaries.

    ASUU called on Nigerians to also take cognisance of the fact that the withholding of the union’s and cooperatives’ deductions took effect in January while the FG’s threat to stop their salaries was effected in February 2020.

    Addressing reporters at the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun State, the Coordinator of the Lagos Zone of ASUU comprising public universities in Lagos and Ogun States respectively, Olusiji Sowande, said the desperate efforts of government to forcefully drag members into IPPIS is a violation of the law establishing the universities and autonomy.

    “The public should please be informed that third party deductions to cooperative societies and our union was withheld in January and Government threat to stop the salaries of our members has been effected from February 2020.

    “These actions will not deter us from our patriotic resistance to the deployment of IPPIS in universities,” he said.

    Olusiji lamented that the FG’s continued breach of trust in keeping with the time lines for implementation of outstanding issues in Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) and Memorandum of Actions (MoAs) as well as the IPPIS matter, have compelled the union to embark upon two weeks warning strike.

    The Lagos Zone Coordinator, who spoke in the presence of the various ASUU Chairmen from the zone, noted that the government had reneged on its promise to fully implement the aspect of funding for the revitalization of public universities in Nigeria, non – constitution of Visitation Panels for Federal Universities, non – payment of outstanding Earned Academic Allowances (EAA) among others.

    He said that the recent bitter experience of people that were coerced to enroll into IPPIS platform following alleged flaws and fraud observed in the system with people being shortchanged in salaries payment further supports ASUU resistance to IPPIS.

    He added that the FG unwillingness to launch an investigation into the alleged massive fraud been perpetrated in IPPIS office despite calls for it by ASUU, puts to test, government’s sincerity in its avowal that IPPIS was meant to fight corruption.

    According to him, the recourse by the government to take a loan of $140m to procure software and train staff in respect of the IPPIS, represents a massive fraud since ASUU had provided an alternative – University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) to it.

  • ASUU to Buhari: Stop our salaries over IPPIS, we stop work

    Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said it will continue to resist enrolment into the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) until the decision is rescinded.

    The union threatened that if the Federal Government stopped members salary, the union would not hesitate to embark on an indefinite strike.

    The National President of ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, gave the warning in Nsukka on Thursday while briefing newsmen shortly after addressing ASUU members in the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN).

    He said enrolling in IPPIS amounted to destroying the autonomy and putting obstacles in the progress of public universities.

    “ASUU is protecting the autonomy of universities for the interest of Nigerians and generation yet unborn.

    “ASUU will continue to say no to enrolment into IPPIS and if the federal government stops our salary, we will stop work.

    “IPPIS is an instrument by government to erode the autonomy of public universities in the country,” he said.

    Ogunyemi said that the alternative platform for IPPIS provided by ASUU was better than IPPIS as it was more transparent and university friendly.

    “I am surprised that governments refused to allow ASUU to use that alternative payroll platform that is better than IPPIS.

    “IPPIS is not flexible enough to reflect all the flexibility in universities, “he said.

    The ASUU boss described as `unacceptable’ a situation whereby a Vice-Chancellor must take permission from Head of Service of the Federation before employing academic staff.

    “Why the universities all over the world are autonomous is because it can recruit academic staff the university needs at any point in time.

    “With IPPIS, it will be difficult for any vice chancellor to recruit academic staff as well as for professors outside the country to visit any public university for academics,” he said.

    According to him, government said the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) staff were not expected to enroll in IPPIS because they generate money for the country.

    “If NNPC and CBN generate money, universities generate knowledge and knowledge is greater than money and so universities should be exempted from IPPIS,” he said.

    The president expressed satisfaction on the maximum support from members nationwide, adding that ASUU would not relent in protecting the autonomy of public universities in the country.

    “I am in the UNN to update members on issues concerning the union as well as solicit for more support from them.

    “I commend academic staff in UNN for the impressive turnout to the meeting which shows maximum support and solidarity for the union,” he said.

  • NFF denies owing Rohr three months’ salary

    The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said it is only owing Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr for the month of September.

    The NFF was reacting to a tweet from London based journalist, Osasu Obayiuwana who claimed that the German coach was owed three months’ salaries which came to $150,000.

    The nation’s football governing body made its position known on its twitter handle yesterday.

    “The NFF wishes to put records straight with regards to a claim in the social media on Friday, 11th October 2019 that the football house is owing Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, three months’ salary.

    “As we speak, Mr. Rohr is only being owed salary for the month of September 2019, which is being processed,” the tweets added.

  • Bello pays December, January salaries to Kogi workers

    Bello pays December, January salaries to Kogi workers

    The organised labour has commended the Kogi State government for the payment of December 2018 and January 2019 salaries and pensions to its workers and pensioners.

    The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) gave the comendation in a statement issued in Lokoja on Sunday.

    The statement, signed by the state Chairman of the NLC, Mr Onu Edoka and his TUC counterpart, Mr Ranti Ojo,
    described the payment of the two month salaries and pensions as a huge relief.

    ” The payment of the two months salary arrears to workers and pensions would go a long way to reduce the suffering of the workers and pensioners,” the statement said.

    The labour leaders applauded government for keeping to its promise to defray the outstanding salary and pensions being owed workers and retirees.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that with the payment of the two months salaries, the workers are now being owed between six and 37 months salary arrears.

    ” We appeal to the state government to sustain the current tempo of payment to enable it settle all outstanding salary arrears in due course,” Edoka and Ojo said in the statement.

    They, however, called for an improvement in the percentage of salary being paid to teachers and local government workers.

    ” Any percentage short of what was agreed with Labour will not be acceptable,” the statement added.

    The organised labour pledged its unequivocal loyalty to the government, but stressed that its main concern remained the welfare and well- being of workers and pensioners.

    Both the state chapters of the NLC and the TUC also congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his successful inauguration for a second term in office.

    They also appealed to the Federal Government to expedite action on the release of the N30.8billion balance of the bailout fund to the state government.

    ” Its quick release will enable the state government to meet its obligations to workers and pensioners in the State,” they said.

    The unions directed workers to continue to be law abiding and to support government policies and programmes to the fullest.