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GOVT. SHOULD PAY NEW MINIMUM WAGE BY 30 SEPTEMBER-AWC

                                                       ALL   WORKERS
 CONVERGENCE  ( AWC )
                                                                Motto: We Make
Things Work.
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: allworkersconvergence@gmail.com
                                                                           
 Phone no  : 09055598166
 
                                                                               
                                                                               
                      
 
 
                                                               
 
                                                                               
           PRESS RELEASE
The recent pronouncement by the Nigerian state governors that they were not
elected to pay the new national  minimum wage and that the national  minimum
wage should  be decentralised confirms how wicked and heartless the Nigerian
ruling elites are towards their workers ,it further portrays a set of rulers
that are very hostile to the workers and equally  far from those they rule .
 
Little wonder the backlog of arrears of workers’ salaries, gratuities and
pensions owed by these governors nationwide. More to the hate speech  of these
 state governors, is the uncertain position of the federal government concerning
its promise to implement  a living wage structure  latest 1st September 2018 ;as
we can see from the recent pronouncement by the minister of labour, Dr Chris
Ngige that minimum wage is no longer attainable in the month of September. To us
the Nigerian workers, the  message from the minister is not for us,we are
waiting for our  labour  leaders   to give us their verdict before the
generality of workers will decide on what to do.As far  as workers are concerned
, the September 1st promise is non negotiable and the minimum wage committee
must conclude its work latest September 2018.
 
However, the Nigerian workers are expressing worries that there are no signs
that our government is genuinely committed to fulfilling her promise to pay in
the month of September as agreed with the labour leaders in Nigeria. Moreso, the
tripartite committee on minimum wage is yet to submit her reports, not to talk
of the executive considering the report and pushing it to the National Assembly
for enactment into law. The Nigerian workers’ expectations from government
before  September 1st is that by now a sincere government would  have presented
among other things :
 
1, a wage chat for the minimum and maximum wage, 
2, a wage bill and or cost implication, 
3, means of appropriation etc.
 
While the Nigerian workers continue to wait patiently for the 30th  September
deadline for the commencement of the payment of a living  wage,  workers
nationwide  are called upon to resist all attempts from any quarter to truncate
the agreement between our labour centres
( NLC / TUC / ULC ) and government  on the payments of the wage starting from
the month of September 2018. We, the Nigerian workers, have suffered enough.
 
For too long , we have been financially embarrassed due to shamefully poor
emoluments. 
We have been serving punishment for working in our motherland and we are saying
that enough is now enough. 
We will no longer tolerate slave wage in Nigeria.  
 
State governors  should not pretend that they don't know the meaning of a
national  minimum wage which is the lowest wage to be paid by all employers in a
country and that this is determined by the central government as done in other
countries following the needed due procedures. 
 
The All Workers Convergence ( AWC ) is calling on the Nigerian government to
keep to its promise and start paying a living wage latest by September ending;
in line with the proposal of labour N66,500:00, which is less than one percent
of our President's salary. We also demand for a minimum pension of at least half
a percentage of the Nigerian  President's salary while maximum wage should not
be less than 15% of the President’s salary. Unemployment benefits are to be
 generated from at least 1% of all workers pay.
 
It is the demand of the AWC that the Nigerian Labour Congress, Trade Union
Congress, and the   United Labour Congress  propose  an ultimatum for an
indefinite national strike action  from 30th September 2018 should government
refuse to actualize the September promise to pay a new living wage.
 
The AWC calls on all Nigerian workers(civil  and non-civil ) and their
industrial unions  to prepare for affirmative actions as our government has
continued to prove to us that without the workers uprising, workers’ demand will
never be met. 
 
We, the Nigerian workers, demand the immediate withdrawal of the hate speech by
the state governors that "they were  not elected to pay the new minimum wage"
and that any state governor who feels that he does not have the capacity to pay
the new minimum wage or  does not possess the intellectual sophistry on how to
 generate revenue in his state and pay the wage  should resign before September
30th 2018.
 
The AWC condemns in totality the situation   where any state governor in Nigeria
is  owing her state/local government workers beyond one month salary.  The
labour centres in such states are called upon to stop the suffering of the
workers by immediately embarking on an industrial action as we have seen in the
Ekiti state example. 
 
The AWC condemn in absolute terms and postulate that we shall no longer tolerate
the delay in the payment of the retirees” gratuities and pensions to the extent
that  some state governors now owe years of pension arrears and has not paid
gratuities in the past five years such that the pensioners are compelled to take
such governors to court in order to get their gratuities as we have seen in Oyo
state . We call on the labour centres and workers  in such states  to declare a
solidarity strike  and  down  tools  on any day such court case holds and
equally mobilise workers to join the pensioners throughout the court sessions.
 
The AWC rejects and condemns the payment  of half salaries to officers of the
Nigerian Police Force  in most of the state commands across the federation  and
in some cases the  unexplainable slashing of police officers' salaries. We also
call for a discontinuity in the delay of the promotions for all workers in the
military and para military.
 
We stand with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU ,in their ,demands
for proper funding of our educational sector. Subsequently, we call on the
Nigerian government to accede to their demands  else we will join them  in
sympathy strike any time they embark on any industrial action nationwide. 
 
We the Nigerian workers have  observed with dismay all forms of emergency
programmes and projects being hastily executed by governments at all levels,with
some promising all forms of temporary jobs , while  some state governors  and
the federal government are securing loans few months to the end of their
tenures.Our fears about all these  is that they appear political and also an
attempt by the ruling party to bribe the electorate and also divert funds
towards the 2019 general  elections.
 
To this end,the Nigerian workers call on the federal government not to approve
any foreign loan facility to all state governors . The Nigerian workers plead
with the world Bank, the  IMF and all foreign financial institutions  not to
grant any loan facility to the Nigerian government until after the 2019 general
 elections. Further more, the Nigerian people should work towards legislations
that will ensure that any loan incurred by any government is payable within the
tenure of that government and that in the near future all foreign loans  be
abolished. 
 
Our attention is drawn also to the high cost of medical care in Nigeria,  to the
extent that patients who don't have money to pay in our government hospitals are
not attended to and left to die even within the hospital premises while some are
returned home to die in pains. It is observed that most of our teaching
hospitals have devised automated electronic card system given to patients/carers
to be loaded fully  with  cash and credited to the hospital account before a
sick person can be attended to.
 
Our pains here is that the possession of money should not be a condition for
citizen's health care needs. Government must be made to properly fund the health
sector . In line with these, the Nigerian workers call on the Nigerian Medical
 Association (NMA), the Medical and Health Workers union , Nurses and Midwives
Union and all other industrial union in our health sector  including also the
World Health Organisation (WHO)  to kick against this cash for health syndrome
in the Nigerian health sector. 
 
The AWC commend the Nigerian workers for their perseverance and survival
instinct within  this hard and trying times . We acknowledge the fact that
things are really very tough for the Nigerian workers and masses. Moreso, as it
appears that our ruling elites have abandoned governance only to be tracing
shadows as seen  in the  unending war within the Nigerian  ruling class  . In
all these, it is the Nigerian people that pays the price. Workers are however
called upon not to despair and that very soon, through our collective struggles,
we shall be out of this condition. 
 
We commend, in a special way, some Nigerian workers and their industrial unions
which had sustained the struggle through their bold and inspiring industrial
strike action across the federation. Worthy to note are those of  the Nigerian
Union of Journalists  (NUJ) and RATTAWU whereby their members shut down  the
Nigerian Television  Authority (NTA ) and the Federal Radio Corporations of
Nigeria ( FRCN ) stations nationwide over poor conditions of service and poor
 wages.
 
Federal workers at the Federal secretariat, Abuja and their respective unions,
like the Nigerian Civil Service Union (NCSU), Association of Senior Civil
Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) and the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations
 (AUPCTRE) are also worthy of commendation as workers shut  down the office of
the head of service of the federation  and the federal secretariat  in protest
against poor wage and terrible work environment. The recent Ekiti workers’
uprising to demand the payment of backlog of salary arrears and the shutting
down of the Ekiti State Secretariat is also commendable. 
 
The AWC  shall continue to salute the gallantry of the July 2nd 2018 protest by
the officers of the Nigerian Police Force  in Maidugiri and we give our red
salute to  some officers of the Nigerian Army, who had recently protested
against poor working conditions in Maidugiri. The Nigerian  labour movement ,
the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the civil society as a whole are called
upon by the Nigerian workers to rise and take up the case of the protesting
soldiers in order to prevent them from being victimised by the military
bureaucracy.
 
The NLC and the TUC are equally commended for their recent  moves to probe into
loans incurred by  a few Nigerians from our banks worth over five trillion naira
and have refused to repay as published by AMCON. Nigerians are awaiting and
ready to support labour in any action taken to recover the borrowed money and in
any other action called by labour in public interest.
 
The Nigerian workers are called upon to go all out to register and obtain their
Permanent Voters Card, PVC, in readiness to vote in leaders that will enhance
their wellbeing and productivity. The Nigerian workers  are called upon this
time around  to ensure that the peoples' vote count.
 
The AWC condoles with workers and people of the world, especially those facing
challenges of war,natural disaster,insurgencies,poverty  etc .We call for world
peace and more involvement of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in the
plight of workers globally. As  regards general insecurity in Nigeria, our
labour centres are called to the rescue through the issuance of an ultimatum to
the government to secure Nigeria or face mass action. To the  internally
displaced people  in different camps across the federation, the AWC calls on
government to improve on the quality of assistance given to them.
 
Finally, the Nigerian workers are called upon to start meeting  and keep vigil
awaiting the workers' September 30th  deadline for the commencement of the
payment of the new minimum wage, otherwise  be ready for a national  strike
action.
Solidarity forever. 
 
Comrade Andrew Emelieze 
 
National Coordinator





WORKERS WELFARE : MICHAEL IMOUDU AS A ROLE MODEL

                     One



The activities of Labour leaders today is the raging  debate among workers in
Nigeria. Workers express sadness and worry over the way their leaders handle
issues concerning them.

While the workers continue to wallow in the vicious cycle of poverty, hunger and
worry, their leaders insist that they should be patient and show understanding
with the Government.

The agility and activeness of labour leaders of the present time, is determined
by the political class and not by the deteriorating condition of workers in the
country.

Up till this moment, the name Michael  A thokhamien  Imoudu, represents a good
example of a labour leader with a difference within the Nigerian territory and
has continued to serve a s a source of inspiration  for the present set of
labour leaders. Perhaps.

Imoudu was born on 7, September, 1902, to a Soldier, who had fought in East
Africa. His upbringing resulted into his fearless personality. He did not have
fear for witches or wizards, master or servant, black or white.

At the age of 14, he began his education at the Government school, Ora. In the
course of his education, he received double promotion to standard one. After the
death of his Father, the forward looking young Imoudu moved on in his quest for
education, at various times at Ontisha, Benin, Sapele, Warri and Agbor.

His adult life revolved on protests against wrong doing by constituted
authority. As a student of the Government school, Agbor he staged his first
protest.

He led students of the school to protest against the alleged embezzlement of
Empire funds by the school’s teachers. This resulted in the manhandling of the
Headmaster.

At various times, he worked as linesman in the Department of Post and Telegraph
(P and T) in 1928 and an apprentice machinist at the Railway Corporation. He
worked tirelessly on three shillings and four pence per day. The work conditions
depressed those in the railway and it was noticeable, but the grievances of the
railway men were uncoordinated. During the industrial action of the sectional
foundery men in 1931, Imoudu spearheaded a platform to fight for the rights of
workers. This he made possible by opting to work as journey man at a reduced
wage of three shillings per day.

On 20, January, 1940, Imoudu was the only one among his colleagues, who  signed
the registration document of the Railway workers union and on 7, October, 1940,
Imoudu was elected President of Railway men. 

 

 

                    Two

The need for an increase in wages and better working conditions prompted Michael
Imoudu to lead a demonstration from the locomotive yard in Ebute metta, Lagos to
the Government House situated at Marina, Lagos Island, Lagos.

The Governor General of the Colony of Lagos, Bernard Bourdillon noticed that any
form of industrial action at that period, could disrupt railway supplies to the
coalition, during the Second World War in 1941. It was on this premise he
acceded to a 50 per cent pay rise for the workers.

This success, further inspired Imoudu to put forward more demands, among which
were conversion of daily casual labour to salaried employment, Saturday work
with pay, permanence of daily labour, holiday travel grant and payment of
arrears to cover 1932 to 1942 of unpaid entitlements.

This did not go down well with Bourdillon, who facilitated the termination of
Imoudu’s appointment on 23 January, 1943 and also ordered his arrest under the
Nigeria General Defense Regulations, 1941.

In quick succession he was relocated and remanded at the Benin prison, while in
prison, he influenced inmates to demonstrate against poor feeding and other
deplorable prison conditions.

In response, the British Colonial Government in 1943, restricted Imoudu’s
movement to the palace of the paramount Chief of Auchi and made an order for him
to report twice a week to the Auchi Police station.

As a result of a face off with the District Officer of Auchi and his moves to
facilitate the establishment of peasants’ cooperatives for the benefit of
peasants in Etsako and Ora, he was again remanded in the Auchi prison.

Some of his comrades, including T.A Bankole openly spoke against Imoudu’s
action, to the hearing of the Chief Secretary of Government.

After spending two and a half years in prison, the labour activist was set free.

A mass rally was held at Oko-Awo, Lagos to celebrate his release from prison,
while nationalists such as Herbert Macaulay were on ground to grace the
occasion.

In June 1945, he successfully led over 30,000 workers to down tools for 44 days.

The industrial action was hinged on the inability of the colonial Government to
actualize the promise of Bourdillon in 1942, to review allowances according to
living index.

Bourdillon’ successor, Arthur Frederick Richards vigorously refused to pay the
allowance.

This resulted in the abrupt end of the unpopular Richards constitution, and set
the stage for self government.

              Three

Discrimination was the order of the day during the colonial era. In November,
1947, Imoudu led others to demonstrate against racial discrimination at the
Bristol Hotel, Lagos. 

In the cause of the demonstration, he was physically assaulted and arrested by
the Police.

However, of worry, is the self-preservation approach of present day labour
leaders.

At different times, he mobilized the conference of the Nigeria Bar Association
(NBA) to protest against colonial rule and also workers and peasants for the
independence movement led by Dr. Nnamdi Azikwe, during the nationwide tour of
the National Council of Nigeria Citizens (NCNC), to raise funds and support for
the Nigerian delegation to the constitutional conference in London.

The Labour wing of the NC-Democratic Grand  Alliance, of which Imoudu was a
member, won four seats in the Lagos Town Council elections in 1950.

In 1964, Imoudu  led the general strike  against the restriction of Democracy,
which was  targeted at compelling the Government to implement the report of the
Morgan commission. In addition, he was a member of the Marxist Socialist Workers
and Farmers Party.

In the Second Republic, he was Vice President of the Peoples Redemption
Party(PRP) led by Mallam Aminu Kano.

His track record formed the basis for his becoming the founding President of the
Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) in 1964. The NLC of today possess a different
design and ideology.

Sadly, pragmatic approach to labour issues and concepts remain lacking, even as
Labour leaders' sacrifices and tribulations for Nigerian workers are cosmetic,
debatable and trailed by controversy.

Those in the labour struggle, with Imoudu's frame of mind and character are
relatively few and extremely difficult to identify, in these days of ''he who
pays the piper, dictates the tune''.


 


TRAVEL BAN : PRESIDENT BUHARI INTENDS TO RECYCLE LIST AMERICA GAVE OBJ-DR.
AGORO/ /MEAZA ASHENAFI BECOMES ETHIOPIA'S FIRST WOMAN FEDERAL SUPREME COURT
PRESIDENT

The Presidential  candidate of the National Action Council, Dr. Olapade Agoro
has declared that the list of prominent Nigerians placed on travel ban by the
present administration was the was the same as that  the United States of
America gave  Chief(Dr.)Olusegun Obasanjo during his first term as President.

Dr. Agoro made this declaration in a chat with People.

He also called on President  Muhammadu Buhari to bar those on the watch list
from contesting for elective positions in the 2019 general elections.

''Nigerians  are dead heads, when it comes to news coverage. You discover that
Nigerians make noise out of nothing. If President Muahmmadu Buhari is bold, if
President Muhammdu Buhari is  courageous, he should order that those on the list
shouldb be barred from contesting for the general elections, they should be
barred by INEC.''

''The United States of America(USA) gave President Olusegun Obasanjo the list
during his first term as President. The list had big names. The list vanished
from his table. The US sent another list.  President Buhari is making noise out
of nothing. The list America gave Nigeria during Chief Obasano's tenure is what
they have being recycling. And nobody has taken any firm decision. Those on the
list have been travelling. The President should say that anyone indicted for
corruption should be prevented from contesting elections. Anyone having a
corruption case should be barred from the electoral process until such a person
obtains clearance'', he opined.

Dr. Agoro opined that there were more qualified Nigerians to lead the country
aside from the incumbent President and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

''I don't see the two names as anybody, I don't see President Buhari and Alhaji
Abubakar as people we should be rejoicing over in the polity, there are better
names, there are better people'', he concluded.

The Ethiopian Parliament has endorsed prominent women rights defender, Meaza
Ashenafi as the first woman Federal Supreme Court President.

Ethiopia presently has a female President and half the cabinet are female.

The first women president, Sahle-Work Zewde has worked as United Nations
representative in African Union. President Zewde (68), has also worked in
Ethiopia's Foreign Service for decades. She also served as Ambassador to
Senegal, with accreditation to Mali, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia and
Guinea, from 1989 to 1993.

Ashenafi has served as a Judge of the High Court of Ethiopia between 1989 and
1992. In 1993 she was appointed by the Ethiopian Constitution Commission as a
legal adviser.

In 1995, Ashenafi founded the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA), and
became its executive director. Through her legal contacts, she has been
instrumental in campaigning for women's rights in Ethiopia; her Fighting For
Women's Rights In Ethiopia group had approximately 45 graduate lawyers working
for it in 2002.

She has also  held a position with the United Nations Economic Commission for
Africa. She helped lead the development of the first women's bank in Ethiopia,
Enat Bank, which was established in 2011 and as of 2016 chairs its board of
directors. She has won numerous awards in recognition of her work.


A GOVT THAT IS YET TO MEET THE EXPECTATIONS OF NIGERIANS WILL NOT RECEIVE THEIR
BLESSINGS-GRAND IMAM SHAFAUDEEN-IN-ISLAM

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised not to complain about Nigeria's problems
any more, but to address same in due course. President Buhari who  made this
promise in far away, Poland , however did not give convincing reasons why he
took this decision, coming just two months to the general elections. 

Nigerians insist that the present administration is yet to meet their
expectations, one of their expectations is for President Buhari to assent  to
the 2018 electoral act amendment bill, but surprisingly the President has  with
held his assent.

Expectedly, Nigerians have have expressed doubts over the possibilities of
resolving the several challenges confronting the country in six months.

In this interview with Poverty Line, the Founder, Spiritual Head and Grand Imam
of Shafaudeen-in-Islam Worldwide, Prof. Sabitu Olagoke says the Federal
Government is yet to meet the expectations of the electorate. Excerpts :

 

Nigerians are still complaining of several shortcomings  of governance, what do
you think is the solution ?

 

Nothing is impossible to do and achieve in the face of conducive environment for
development, ranging, from the political will of government and his party
functionaries.

This is behind the successes and feat achieved  by developed countries including
Japan, China, Singapore and Malaysia.

However,, using SWOT analysis, the areas of weaknesses and threats have
overwhelmed Mr. President to the extent  that the environment to succeed in
addressing the myriad  of problems confronting Nigeria, being the very short
term  remaining,creates a mind boggling scenario of doubts in the minds of all
Nigerians.    

This is because the land is more viscose to threats more than ever before.

If Nigerians are talking about the  All Progressives Congress(APC) carelessness 
through internal wranglings and immature politics of selective approach  towards
fighting corruption, and the'dead 'Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) with the the 
support of the other political parties, the

opposition are already up  in'arms' against  the frail ruling party in wrestling
power from the incumbent.

It is unfortunate that the gullibility of Nigerians,due to the dysfunctional
system of education, religion and socio-political and economic management as
evident in the the way the PDP  is now being celebrated without any preferred
alternative even by the youth, whose future have continually been toyed with in
the 16 years of the PDP ruler ship without conscience. 

The structure on ground is equally not favorable to produce credible leaders
because the amended constitution  has not yet allowed for independent candidacy.

Surely, there is no way Nigeria will not be reverted to the game of business as
usual because if the PDP happen to win the election, all the suspected looters
in custody would be freed and the searchlight of the Economic and Financial
Crimes(EFCC)would then  be redirected  towards perceived enemies again.         
                    

Is this the way Nigeria will continue to be ruled, for bequeath able legacy of
sustainable development  not to continue to be evasive as mere'tantalizing
mirages' ?

This is not to say that the APC government has not been able to achieve in the
areas of their reconstruction processes. For example, the rail system, the
declared war on corruption and the aspect of economic diversification.

However, what makes a government popular is how it has impacted positively on
the twin issues of HUNGER  and POVERTY in the land, which  ought to be in the
areas of employment and job creation. This could be achieved through job
creation, through vocation which government is yet to aggressively address.

This is an environment in which governments at the state level are  yet to pay
workers their dues, the pensioners are yet to sing the praises of government and
the prices of commodities are not within the reach of the poor while 
qualitative  education continues to be evasive to the children of the poor
masses. 

There is no way such government could receive the the blessings of the masses.

This weakness is equally a source of strength for the opposition, even if such
''OPPOSITION' is a known ''THIEF''.

Whatever happens to the APC  government, if unpalatable to the government, must
have been caused by the its State Governors and the Ministers who failed to
realize that the masses still  hold the mandate and the  power to remove or to
re-elect even against all odds.

The President and the ''POWERS THAT BE '' in the APC  should address with all
maturity the threats of internal wranglings and the insincerity of all their
State Governors  and the Ministers under who the masses continue to cry for
survival.

The earlier they do  this , the possible it becomes to succeed in the areas of 
perceived failures, to the disappointment of the opposition.

Power in Democracy still  resides with  the people, even though they have 
elected and appointed representatives  who are supposed to serve.

Politics of rhetoric and hate speech must immediately be relegated to the
background so  that  the masses will have the opportunity to fulfill their
rights of access to their physiological needs.

 

 


THE FIGHT AGAINST INEQUALITY CREEPS INTO AFRICA/ /SIERRA LEONE FIRST LADY
LAUNCHES WOMENS' FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT PROJECT

The Fight Against Inequality, a global grassroots movements has lined up
activities around the world, including Africa to advocate for the  end to the 
excessive  concentration of power and wealth in the vicious grip of elites, and
advance a more just, equal and sustainable world.

The alliance brings together social movements, environmental groups, women's
rights groups, trade unions and NGOs across the world.

 The  Alliance's third global week of action, comes up  from 18-25 January 2019,
in more than thirty countries across the globe.

Activities will commence from  the city of Guadalajara in Mexico with a walk
called 'From el Colli to Davos'.

 According to Fight Inequality campaigner Hector Castanon  who is  leading the
advocacy,   "Guadalajara has the second richest municipality in Mexico and is
home to Central American migrants and displaced rural and indigenous communities
that have left everything behind due to a lack of opportunities and organised
crime.''

'' Salaries are under the poverty line, there is limited access to basic
resources, poor public services and high crime rates. All of these has moved
people to organize to solve their needs and exercise their rights." Castanon
noted.

A festival would be organized in Shang'ombo, one of the poorest and most
neglected districts of Zambia. 

The festival the focuses on  how politicians and elites make promises there
during election campaigns and then forget the people, as well as people's
stories of inequality and their solutions.

The festival will also feature music stars, such as  Petersen Zagaze, BFlow and
Maiko Zulu.

 In explaining why she will be part of the event,  A  Zambian youth activist,
Mzezeti Mwanza, discloses why she would particpate in the festival : '' Despite
the country's natural resources, the majority of Zambians live below the poverty
line and none of us are equal until all of us are equal".

The  the Usawa Festival (or Equality Festival) will come up in Kenya and  hip
hop star Juliani is slated to perform.

In his remarks, Njoki Njehu, Africa Co-ordinator for Fight Inequality opines :

 "Kenyans living the realities of inequality are organizing together - rural and
urban, young and old, women and men. We understand the problems and have
concrete proposals to end inequality. The solutions start with us. We have the
answers."

The festival in the Philippines, will be organized between two adjoining
communities, Baseco and Parola in Manila, that contrast starkly with the
high-rise landscape of the city centre. 

Through music, cultural activities and discussion, people will raise their
experiences of inequality and their demands for change.

Sierra Leone's First Lady, Madam Fatima Bio has launched the ''50 Million
African Women Speak Platform'' project.

The project  an initiative of the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) in
collaboration with Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS), the East
African and Southern Africa Common Market (COMESA), and the Eastern African
Community (EAC), worth $13.2 million was launched at the Bintumani International
Hotel in Freetown.

Mrs. Bio dislcosed that the project was trageted at improving women's ability to
access financial and non-financial information, to facilitate peer-to-peer
learning, access financial opportunities build networks and establish
partnership relationships with people and structures that can help them grow and
support their businesses.

"If we have this opportunity in Sierra Leone, we believe the women in Sierra
Leone will most definitely take advantage of the opportunity and use it wisely,"
she said.

Vice President of ECOWAS,Madam Finda Koroma called on women from all walks of
life  in Sierra Loenoe to assist the ECOWAS Commission in the mobilization of
resources, both technical and financial that will be needed to make available
the necessary data on Sierra Leone to include it in the platform in order to
project the country as a place where women and girls can access the requisite
information needed to create and finance their businesses.

"This project falls within the framework of Article 15 of Chapter 5 of the
Additional Act on Equal Rights for Women and Men for sustainable development in
the ECOWAS sub-region in May 2015, which calls on Members States to adopt all
legislative and regulatory measures to ensure women's equal access to all
economic and gainful opportunities," Madam Koroma stated.

 
 


TANZANIA GOVT MOVES TO END SHORTAGE OF SCHOOL FURNITURE /

The Tanzanian Government  has taken positive steps to end the shortage of school
furniture in schools in the country.

To this end, the government has taken delivery of 22,000  tables and chairs from
China, while another consignment would arrive in February.

The new chairs and tables  have been distributed to Lumumba secondary school,
Karume Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Paje-Mtule Secondary, and
Mkokotoni Vocational Training centre on Unguja Island, and in Pemba, Fidel
Castro, Kengeja, Mohamed- Juma-Pindua Secondary, Mkanyageni, and Utaani
secondary schools.

According to  the  head of  the 'Eleven member Desk Campaign committee' put in
place  by President Ali Mohamed Shein in April 2017 to  raise funds for
furniture in schools , Mr. Haroun Ali Suleiman, ''This is a big achievement in
our struggle to solve the problem of shortage of desks in the country. The
44,620 seats will benefit about 88,520 students in secondary schools''.

Mr. Suleiman who is also the Minister of State(Public Service, Constitution,
Legal Affairs and Good Governance)  further said  "We still ask support from
individuals, institutions and companies to donate funds to buy seats or desks
for our children,"
 
 


CJN'S TRAVAILS : WE NEED TO DISCOURAGE THE BUILDING OF STRONG AND POWERFUL
INDIVIDUALS-PROF OLAGOKE

Not long ago, President Muhammadu Buhari, suspended the substantive Chief
Justice of Nigeria(CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, over issues relating to
Justice Onnoghen's assets declaration forms with the Code of Conduct Bureau.

President Buhari based his actions on the order of the Chairman of the Code of
Conduct Tribunal, Justic Danladi Umar. A sizable number of Nigerians at home and
abroad have condemned the President's action, they argue that his action did not
follow the rule of law and due process. Interestingly, a section of the
political class applaud the action of the President while another section
maintain that Justice Onnoghen' suspension was politically motivated. In this
interview the Founder, Spiritual head and Grand Imam of Shafaudeen-in-Islam
Worldwide, Prof. Sabitu Olagoke opines that the Federal Government should start
building strong institutions and not strong individuals who are above the law.

Excerpts :

What is your reaction to the suspension of the Chef Justice of Nigeria, Justice
Walter Onnoghen ?

Nigeria is the most unfortunate country where all equations have defied the
natural rules of law and conservation of matters, which has always plunged the
country into a state of disequilibrium.

Leaders do not respect the people that give them the mandate and the people also
lack the culture of respecting our leaders.

Under these circumstances, the tripodal stand of Democracy viz-a-viz the
Legislature, Judiciary and Executive, suffer from a non-aligned centroid  or
centre of gravity.

The three arms of government do not cooperate in the quest to functionally
operate for accelerated development, where cohesion is lacking, Chinua Achebe's
''Things Fall Apart'' becomes a point of reference.

In developed countries, where there is integrity, immediately a public officer
has been discovered to have abused the office he occupys, by not going through
due process to attain it, resignation should follow.

The constitution may not specifically talk about suspension, but by implication,
it must have addressed the areas of possible executive  intervention.         

More so, when the President  insisted that he acted on the order of the 
Chairman Code of Conduct Tribunal.



The major problem we are having in Nigeria is ignorance, due to the disturbing
mass low level of education, where the majority of the people do not have direct
access to the rights of the people, constitutionally or otherwise.

This has made the few governing us or those in positions of influence and
affluence to kill people perpetually in a state of darkness, prompting them to
pass judgement on issues that are intricate with bogus demand for explanation.

If an ordinary man had been trapped under such an allegation, the case would
have been that of the passage of a silent judgement.

 If the executive is not in the good books of the Legislature and the Judiciary,
based on the antecedents of the  records, sentiments would now be the only
option for the masses on such issues like this.

When the culture of integrity is restored, we will stop hiding under the
constitution which we all agreed is faulty ab intio because it was the import of
the military Oligarchy in Nigeria.

Why is it taking us so long a period to overhaul or amend  the constitution, as
appropriate, to be able to offer good governance ?

The whole scenario starting with the dismissal of the motion of the Chief
Justice at the Appeal court, the clearance of the Chairman of the Code of
Conduct Tribunal(CCT) of corruption allegations by the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission(EFCC), which is not a court of law, the petitions against the
CJN, Acting CJN and the Chairman of the CCT presently before the National
Judicial Commission(NJC) and the queries it has issued to the CJN and Acting
CJN, while that of the Chairman of the CCT has been referred to the Federal
Judicial Service Commission, portends that justice is now in the theatre of
politics.

What is most important to Nigeria, is that we need to discourage the building of
strong and powerful individuals, who are above the law, but focus on building
strong institutions that will easily create a balance of justice system between
the rich and the poor, using the tool of Corporate Governance Perception Index,
that will make management, administration and governance to follow the due
process of accountability and transparency.

The focus should be on the individual person brought to justice, no matter how
highly placed such an individual might be, just like any common man would have
been dealt with, without raising eyebrows.

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