In the bid to save the country from the imminent economic collapse, the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has called on the state governors to sacrifice their jumbo salaries and allowances rather than their one-off retirement package proposal for workers CISLAC, in a statement by its Executive Director, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani in Abuja, also described the governors’ recent proposal to the Federal Government as “unrealistic and lopsided.” Rafsanjani, who is also the Head, Transparency International Chapter in Nigeria, said CISLAC received the proposed measure to reducing cost of governance…
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ASUU Strike: Ex-Imo AG charges Buhari, governors on quick intervention
A former Attorney-General (AG) of Imo, Chukwuma Ma-Chukwu Ume, SAN, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the 36 state governors to expedite actions and bring an end to the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Ume, in a 12-page letter dated June 7 and copies made available to newsmen on Tuesday, urged the Federal Government to immediately addressed the protracted industrial action. The lawyer, who addressed the letter to the Federal Government, also copied the National Assembly, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation(SGF), Minister…
Read MoreGovernors to know fate May 23 in suit challenging regulation of LG spending
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed May 23 for judgment in a suit filed by the 36 states’ Attorneys-General challenging the the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) from implementing its guidelines on local government spending. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel to the parties in the suit presented their arguments and adopted their processes. On May 6, 2019, the NFIU had issued guidelines to stimulate the reduction of crime vulnerabilities created by cash withdrawals from local government funds across the country, beginning from June 1,…
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