Tag: Salary
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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continue to resist enrolment into the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) until the decision is rescinded.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…
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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…
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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…