Tinubu’s reforms need time to deliver, 2nd term will consolidate gains — Aguda
Politicians gravitate towards what they perceive as political certainty rather than remain in an uncertain environment. How the President’s team translates that into electoral advantage is up to them
I rejected N50m bribe to support 3rd term bid, says Abiola Ajimobi
Senator Ishaq Abiola Ajimobi emerged, last week, as Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, governorship candidate for Oyo State. For him politics is natural having been born to the family of Pa Ajimobi, a Member of the Western House of Assembly in the First Republic. Senator Ajimobi was MD, National Oil and Chemical Marketing Company before his election as Senator in 2003. He spoke to BASHIR ADEFAKA at his Ibadan residence on his life.
I almost became a ‘church rat’ in this struggle- Olubunmi Ogundimu
Dr Olubunmi Ogundimu’s philosophy of life is that every challenge is a teacher. The medical doctor and MD of John Ken Hospital, Lagos, sees every problem as a friend.
We never had fears about President Jonathan’s victory – Gbenga Daniel
Otunba Gbenga Daniel, the Ogun State governor and Ogun East Senatorial District candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the April polls, in this session explains why had no fears that President Goodluck Jonathan would clinch the party’s presidential ticket at Thursday’s presidential primary.
How we forced N300 minimum wage on Shagari govt
Pa Hassan Sunmonu smells labour.
Check this out: President, Public Works, Construction, Technical and General Workers’ Union (August 1974 – December 1977); President, Civil Service Technical Workers’ Union of Nigeria (December 1977 – February 1981); President, Nigeria Labour Congress (February 1978 – February 1984); Director of Industrial Relations, Civil Service Technical Workers’ Union of Nigeria (March 1984 – October 1986); Secretary-General, Organisation of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU) (October 1986 till date)
Deputy Presiding Officer, African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) (September 2008 – present); and for effect, Establishment and completion of Kwame Nkrumah Africa Labour College, Accra, Ghana, (December 2010).
Now, shall we call him a LABOURER?
He wouldn’t mind. Probably, for effective communications with workers, he speaks Yoruba, English, French, Italian and Fante.
Simple by nature, Sunmonu turned 70 last Friday.
“Big nations don’t care about what comes into small countries”
WITH his calm looks, he could pass for someone in the corporate world than a security agent. Beneath this harmless and calculative image, lies intelligence which held this reporter spellbound during this interview. Little wonder his positions on arms influx shed light on some grey areas on the issue.
