Student prays court to suspend RMAFC, FAAC’s operations, payments, as ASUU strikes

As the battle between Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU and the Federal Government, FG moves to the court room, a university student, Soohemba Aker, has prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja for an order of interlocutory injunction suspending the activities of Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).Aker, a final year Law student of Benue State University, Markudi, also sought same order suspending the operation of Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), including payment of the monthly allocation funds to 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th and 10th respondents pending the…

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CISLAC advises governors to sacrifice their jumbo salaries, others to salvage imminent economic collapse

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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