President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned the 326-kilometre Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line and Railway Ancillary Facility Yard at Goodluck Jonathan Railway Complex, in Owa-Oyibu, Ika North East Local Government Area, Delta State.

President Buhari  In a virtual inauguration of the rail line On Tuesday, directed the Federal Ministry of Transportation to link all the nation’s seaports of origin and destination to the rail network in order to significantly improve the nation’s overall transportation capacities.

He added that his administration recognizes the importance of the railway mode of transportation as a an important support for industrialization and economic development.

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“I have approved the prioritization of viable railway routes for either new rail lines or the reconstruction and rehabilitation of some, to achieve effective and efficient train services supporting the country’s trade and commerce.

“The railway infrastructure that I have the honour to commission today is the rail line from Itakpe via the steel town complex of Ajaokuta to Warri, and it is an important link for the country’s economy as the central rail line.

“We have also approved linking this line further from Itakpe to Abuja, thereby connecting the Northern zones of the country and also extending southwards to link the Warri Ports,” Buhari said.

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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has given the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to reverse the recent hike in electricity tariff and fuel price.

The President of the Nigeria Labour congress, Ayuba Wabba, while addressing the press at the end of the body’s Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Wednesday in Abuja, noted that Nigerians were disappointed in the increment of both items by the government.

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Wabba said that the CWC meeting focused on the two challenges and solutions to them while assuring Nigerians that it would also mobilize its members, civil society allies and other social partners to try to resist the policies.

“We are surprised that at a time other countries across the world are giving palliatives to their citizens to cushion the effect of COVID-19, Nigerians are asked to pay more for fuel and electricity.

“In furtherance to this, the CWC also resolved to convene a meeting of the NEC in line with our constitution, on Sept. 22, 2020.

“This is to also give effect to the decision because the proposed action will commence on Monday, September 28, 2020 `if the issues are not addressed,’’ he said.

He added that the declining economic power was evident among many as the N30,000 minimum wage could is not sufficient for many workers and their families hence the ultimatum.

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Ogun State Workers have begun a one-week warning strike over the failure of the state government to implement the new minimum wage.

The Ogun State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Emmanuel Bankole, declared this after a closed-door meeting between the leadership of organized labour and government officials which according to him ended in a deadlock.

The workers had given the state government a 14-day ultimatum which expired on Wednesday to commence the payment of new minimum wage failure of which they vowed to embark on the strike.

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“Unfortunately the negotiation ended in a deadlock. And so the one-week warning strike will commence on Wednesday.

“With the facts before us, Ogun state is not the poorest in South-West. So, all excuses are not acceptable, what the government said was that minimum wage will have to be delayed so that they can do certain things and we said no, enough is enough,” Bankole said.

Recall that on Tuesday, some workers stormed the governor’s office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta to protest against the failure of the government to implement payment of the new minimum wage and pension reform bill among others.

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