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  No other evidence is required to prove Buhari has failed – CDHR Published   on   February 15, 2021 By   Matthew Omonigho The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, has agreed with some Nigerian lawmakers that no other evidence is required to prove that the Nigerian State under President Muhammadu Buhari has not only failed woefully, but has displayed a combination of lacklustre performance characterized by incompetence and indifference. The CDHR stressed that the country under Buhari’s leadership cannot meet the fundamental purpose for which it was established to uphold the security and welfare of the Nigerian people. The CDHR made the assertion in a communiqué signed by its National President, Dr. Osagie Obayuwana. “We affirm that the economic policies of the Buhari government by pauperizing the masses on an ongoing basis, directly and indirectly fuels insecurity as they engender acts of desperation on the part of the unemployed and impoverished teeming ...

  FG threatens to stop salaries of striking SSANU, NASU members Published   on   February 12, 2021 By   Annie Nwosu The Federal Government has threatened to stop the salaries of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) over their recent indefinite strike action. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen Chris Ngige who made this known during a meeting with the unions said the federal government might be forced to invoke Section 43 of the Trade Dispute Act 2004 which permits it to stop the salaries of workers when they are on strike. Ngige further revealed that it would be their next action if members of the non-academic staff unions fail to observe the rules guiding social dialogue. “You asked for an adjournment, we gave an adjournment and you used the period of adjournment to go on full-blown strike. This is not social dialoguing. “It is against ILO statutes. The ILO statute says you have a ri...