November 23, 2015 – The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has lend its voice to the condemnation of the attempt by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) to renege on the payment of N18, 000 minimum wage, while urging all media houses owing their workers to pay up or face the wrath of the union.
In a 10-point communiqué issued at the end of its first National Executive Council (NEC) meeting under the Waheed Odusile leadership, held in Katsina State, the body also frowned at the deplorable state of federal roads and called on the Federal Government to immediately rehabilitate the roads.
The union urged the governors not to toe a path that will put them in confrontation with labour unions, saying, the action of the states’ helmsmen will be detrimental to labour laws and the constitution of the country.
This is coming on the heels of a similar action from the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), who have both vowed to resist the latest attempt by the governors to further impoverish Nigerian workers.
The communiqué, signed by the National Secretary of the union, Shuaibu Usman Leman, also called on the newly inaugurated Federal Executive Council (FEC) to hit the ground running in order to speed economic and national development, while charging the Muhammadu Buhari led regime to urgently provide job opportunities for youths in the country.
LET’S JOIN HANDS TO END HIV/AIDS BY 2030 IN LAGOS STATE – LSACA
The Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA) has called on the private sector, communities and individuals in the State to join hands with the Agency to end HIV and AIDS by 2030 in Lagos.
The Project Manager and Acting CEO of the Agency , Dr. Olusegun Ogboye stated this in his Office while briefing the media on the planned activities by the Agency to mark Year 2015 World AIDS Day with the theme, “Getting to Zero: Zero new HIV Infections, Zero Discrimination, Zero AIDS Related Deaths”.
Ogboye implored the private sector, communities and individuals to play their part in the fight against HIV and AIDS towards eradicating the scourge in the State by 2030, stressing that the support for the people living with HIV and AIDS is important in order to reduce the spread of the virus.
He added that the role of the private sector, communities and individuals in eliminating the scourge cannot be overemphasized, adding that the Agency is using the opportunity of the 2015 World AIDS Day event, which comes up on Tuesday, 1st of December, to reach out to key private players in the response to showcase their work and increase awareness on the dreaded diseases.
