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Labour Unions In The Country Are Planning To Go On Strike Over The Recent Increase In Price Of Petrol
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Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) are reportedly consulting civil society allies and relevant organs of labour towards the planned strike, The Guardian reported. Labour unions in the country have vowed to resist the recent increase in the price of petrol. Ayuba Wabba, the president of NLC on Thursday, September 3, said both labour unions would soon deliberate on how to carry out the planned industrial action. He described the petrol price hike as an insensitive action on the part of the federal government, vowing that the labour unions wound resist the tariff increase.
The TUC president, Quadri Olaleye in a statement also confirmed that the labour unions were planning on a strike. He said it was wicked for the government to increase petroleum prices and electricity bills at the same time. Meanwhile, the federal government's increase in petrol price and the recent hike in electricity tariff have angered a lot of Nigerians. Groups, politicians and even local experts in the field of economics have decried the federal government's decision which has been described as both unfortunate and insensitive, Vanguard reported.
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FG Abondons National Identity Card, Reveals New Means Of Identification.
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The Nigerian government has disclosed that the current plastic national identity card will be replaced with a digital means of identification.
Rauf Aregbesola, the minister of interior on Thursday, August 13, made the disclosure to the press after the committee on citizen data management and harmonisation held a meeting with the president, Daily Trust reported.
The federal government has disclosed that it has adopted a digital means of identification for Nigerians. Photo Credit: nimc.gov.ng
The minister, who also chairs the committee, said that the card is no more the focus, adding that the important thing is the National Identity Number (NIN).
He said the digital process will be domiciled in the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).
Similarly, the minister of communications and digital economy, Ali Pantami who was at the press briefing, stated that the world had gone digital and stopped focusing on the production of cards.
“What the chairman is saying now is that we are no more talking about cards, the world has gone digital. So, that card is no more," he said.
“Our priority now is digital ID, it will be attached to your database wherever you are.
Pantami explained that the government was now focused on the digital ID and not on the card.
"Now, our focus is no longer on producing cards, that card is only for record but what is important is that the digital ID and if you notice we have started using the digital ID on the international passport.
“Once you have the digital ID, but not the card, we are 100 percent done with you,†the minister said.
In other news, the Nigerian government has disclosed that it is making efforts to resolve the issues that led to the suspension of the issuance of the United States of America’s (USA) immigrant visas to Nigerian passport holders.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, August 13, assured Nigerians that the issues with the United States will be addressed.
The Nigerian leader was said to have given the assurance when the committee on citizen data management and harmonisation chaired by the minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola paid him a visit in Abuja, The Nation reported.
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