By Inalegwu Shaibu ABUJA—The Federal Government will today start the payment of N42.618 billion arrears of monetization money owed the striking members of Radio, Television and Theatre Arts Workers Union (RATTAWU), just as the union also yesterday announced the suspension of the industrial action embarked upon to protest the non-payment of the arrears. The decision […]

By Anayo Okoli Umuahia—The Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) says it has stripped Governors, Speakers and local government chairmen of some privileges they hitherto enjoyed, including allowances. For  Governors and Deputy Governors, the severance gratuity of 300% was cancelled because they are entitled to pension and gratuity by virtue of the provision of […]

“The Federal Government’s refusal to conclude the negotiation amounts to an invalid, unilateral abortion of the 2001 agreement, since as evidenced by the government document, the 2006 exercise was a re-negotiation of the legitimate 2001 agreement”,ASUU

According to the Federal Government, subsidy removal intervention plan the government in collaboration with local governments will provide vans and trucks to farmers’ cooperatives to haul products to major distribution centres and cities which it believes will help mitigate the cost of hiring vans to haul agricultural produce and reduce the cost of transporting goods into cities.

Patients may return to the hospitals this morning as the unions have suspended their one week old strike.
Post offices, radio stations and the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), are also to resume work today as the striking unions yesterday evening called off the strike following a confirmation that the Federal Government has commenced the payment of 50 per cent of the arrears owed its employees.