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The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 is considering targeted lockdown in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; as well as Lagos and Plateau States.
PTF National Incident Manager, Mukhtar Muhammed, who stated this on Friday, described as alarming, the rising cases of Covid infections recorded in the three urban areas.
Muhammed said data showed that urban local governments in the affected places recorded the highest cases of Covid amid the second wave of the pandemic in Nigerlcording to data by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Lagos (46,935 cases), Abuja (16,470 cases), Plateau (7,801) have recorded the highest number of Covid infections and fatalities in Nigeria in the last eleven months.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme monitored by The PUNCH, the PTF official said the Federal Government wants economic activities to continue but these activities must be in a regulated fashion.
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Activities lined up for the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Aquinas college, Akure has begun in the Ondo state capital.
Addressing reporters to usher in the activities, National President of the ACAOSA, Justice Adesuyi Olateru-Olagbegi, said the decision to return mission schools was the best birthday gift for the institution’s 70th anniversary celebration.
He added that the yearly budgetary allocation to education in the state was not enough to build necessary facilities in secondary schools.
He stated that the old students have been at the forefront in pulling resources together to uplift the school.
Justice Olagbegi said all participants at the 70th anniversary of the college would be made to comply with COVID-19 protocols.
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The change of guards at the Defence headquarters and the various service arms after months of intense calls by the National Assembly, Media, Socio-Cultural Organisations, Pressure Groups including the NUJ is belated but however welcomed.
NUJ hopes that the new service chiefs would put in their best to end the rising cases of insecurity threatening the existence of the country by understanding that their appointments are not for merriment, but for hard work and total commitment to the Fatherland.
It is our hope, that the new Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Leo Irabor, will properly coordinate the other Service Chiefs to immediately confront Boko Haram insurgents, banditry and kidnappings appropriately in the best interest of the country.
The new Service Chiefs must not see their assignments as opportunities to amass wealth for themselves, families or friends, but rather as a challenge to re-engineer the country’s security architecture that has suffered serious setbacks.
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You will all recall that earlier in the year, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu publicly announced that borrowing to augment salary payment was no longer sustainable as hitherto done.
Sequel to the above, and in line with its promise to always carry Labour along in matters of salary payment, a meeting between Government and Labour held on Wednesday 27th January, 2021 with the government side competently led by the Head of Service to look into and discuss receipts from FAAC.
Documents showing Federal Allocation receipts for the month of December, 2020 but shared in January 2021 were presented to Labour. A cursory look into the evidence of receipts and payment schedules revealed that;
The sum of N2.3bn was the net allocation after the deductions of government obligations.
The total gross salary (Net + Deductions) payable to all categories of workers i.e.
CORE CIVIL SERVICE
TESCOM
JUDICIARY
PARLIAMENTARY STAFF
THE FOUR (4) TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
UNIMEDTH
OWENA PRESS and
OSOPADEC sums up to N5.21bn.
Flowing from the above reality therefore, it was agreed that payment of Percentage Gross Salary (Net + Deduction) for the month of November, 2020 be effected. With the net sum received, the percentage payable herewith is to be augmented from the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) by government to make the payment 50% across board.
It was agreed at the meeting that, before the payment of December 2020 salaries, the balance of November 2020 which is 50% MUST first be paid as a matter of PRIORITY.
Organised Labour practically in agreement with government adopted in its entirety the model in use by Local Government/SUBEB for salary payment going forward.
This release becomes imperative for the purpose of information sharing among our members as further clarification should be directed to the leadership of our affiliate Unions.
Signed:
Organised Labour
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The National President of Coalition of Nigeria Youths on Security Affairs, Amb. (Prophet.) Ade mario Emmanuel applauded His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari for a paradigm shift in replacing the service chiefs as he appoints, Major-General Leo Irabor as Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General I. Attahiru as Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo as Chief of Naval Staff; and Air-Vice Marshal I.O Amao as Chief of Air Staff respectively.
The CONYSA President therefore seize this golden opportunity, to congratulates the new appointees charging them not to relent in their effort to combat the heightened insecurity situation ravaging the country.
While putting up this challenge, Mr President said that “if you must succeed, you must all see your new appointment not just as individuals whom have attained the peak of their profession but as a patriotics whom were tasked with a #RESCUE MISSION. You must all therefore, sit up, map out modalities and work assiduously to be able to succeedâ€
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The woman said she sold the baby because she could not cater for her.
Oladayo, who hails from Abejoye in Ondo kingdom said it has been extremely difficult for her since the father left her the day he was told that she was pregnant.
“I asked the Pastor to take the baby away and bring N10,000 because I dont‘t know how I am going to take care of the babyâ€, she confessed.
The pastor, Olawale Popularly called Eri Aditu said the baby was given to him in a sack with the placenta by the woman who was desperate to sell her baby.
He said, “I was told to bring N10,000, so that they can give the doctor N5,000 for his job and I did because if I did not, another Person would come and buy the babyâ€
He said he went immediately to Amotekun’s office to explain what happened and the woman was arrested.
“I went to the Amotekun to report the woman and she was handed over to Police at Area Commander Yaba in Ondo.
Presidency Intervenes As Akeredolu’s Ultimatum To Herders Expires -
The Presidency Has Stepp...
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The Presidency has stepped in to avoid possible clash between herdsmen and officials of the Ondo State Government, who are to enforce the vacation order by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to herdsmen in the forest reserves.
Governor Akeredolu last Monday issued a seven- day ultimatum to herdsmen in the forests reserves to leave the area as part of measures to curb kidnappings and banditry.
Akeredolu said herdsmen, who wished to carry on with cattle-rearing business in the state, should register with appropriate authorities or get forced out.
The ultimatum ends on Sunday and the state government has gotten support from major stakeholders that the herdsmen must be made to leave the reserves.
It was gathered that national leadership of the Miyetti Allah was already in the State ahead of the meeting with Southwest Governors scheduled to hold in Akure on Monday.
Sources said it was the Presidency that directed the leadership of Miyetti Allah to hold the urgent meeting with governors of the region.
A media aide to one of the Southwest governors, who preferred anonymity, told journalists in Akure that his boss would attend the meeting.
According to him: “The whole thing was about misconception. We all know the Presidency misinterpreted the Ondo State government’s directive. They took it to mean a total action which intended to clear the state if all herders.
“And while admitting that the spokesman to Mr President acted hastily and without proper authorization, they (Presidency) have reached out to other governors to facilitate a meeting where the leadership of Miyyetti Allah would likely plead for time to comply with the directive.
“My principal is involved and very concerned too because this is a Yoruba matter and not a personal issue between Aketi and the herders.
“So we are coming to Akure for the meeting tomorrow at 12. We need to give the honour to our chairman, the governor of Ondo State who is even leading the fight against insecurity in the regionâ€.
Ondo Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, said meetings were not unusual.
“Well, meetings of that nature, if true, are not unusual. We are all in it together. No ethnic group or a particular trade is the target of the government order. So it will be a welcome development if the meeting is holding. There is nothing too unusual about itâ€, he said.
Ondo Chairman of the Miyetti Allah, Alhaji Mohammed Bello, confirmed the scheduled meeting.
The Nation
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