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PENGASSAN Declares Meeting with FG Inconclusive, Continues Strike

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7 months ago

November 12, 2020

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The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on Wednesday said a meeting it held with the Federal Government was inconclusive.

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He said the government was yet to address some of PENGASSAN’s demands.

The parties had disagreed after the directive that the oil workers register for the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).

Osifo disclosed that PENGASSAN maintained that Petroleum Training Institute and Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency, must be paid using the harmonized template of 2015.

He noted that this was already in use by the budget office, appropriated by the National Assembly and signed by President Muhammadu Buhari into law.

The labour leader said the union wants a high-powered committee, comprising Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers and PENGASSAN Presidents, to settle the outstanding issues surrounding the IPPIS platform.

“For the 22 months salary arrears, government agreed to pay 50 per cent and that the balance would be worked out after Federation Accounts Allocation Committee has met.

PENGASSAN has agreed, but insisted that there should be a definite date for payment of the balance,’’ he said.

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Legislators Query Whereabouts of $44 Million Ikoyi NIA Recovered Funds

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11 hours ago

June 16, 2021

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Legislators Query Whereabouts of $44 Million Ikoyi NIA Recovered Funds

The House of Representatives on Tuesday queried the whereabouts of the 44 million dollars recovered from the Nigeria Intelligence Agency (NIA) by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) in 2017.

The Office of the National Security Adviser had stated that it was not in custody of the money.

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The Director of Finance and Admin in the Office of the National Security Adviser, Brig. General Ja’afaru Mohammed told the House Adhoc committee investigating the management of recovered fund between 2002 and 2020 that the ONSA had nothing to do with recovered funds and assets.

The Chairman of the adhoc Committee Rep. Adejoro Adeogun had quoted the Chairman of the nation’s anti-graft agency, EFCC as saying that the fund recovered from the NIA office in Okoyi was in the custody of the Office of the National Security Adviser.

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President Buhari Calls for Synergy Among West African Countries

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13 hours ago

June 16, 2021

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President Buhari Calls for Synergy Among West African Countries

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for collaboration among countries in the West African sub-region and those in the Sahel to fight the security challenges confronting them.

The President stated this on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, while receiving the new Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh Annadif.

Buhari in a statement by his Special Adviser, Femi Adesina, said, “You are our neighbour. You have vast experience on matters affecting the Sahel, having served for five years in Mali. I hope you will get the countries to work together to confront the issues affecting them.”

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The President, while promising Nigeria’s support to the Special Rep to aid his new assignment, expressed hopes that under the auspices of UNOWAS, most problems especially those that have to do with instability in Libya, and how it affects all west African countries will be sorted out.

Annadif in his remarks, said he was visiting shortly after his appointment because he recognized Nigeria’s crucial role in West Africa. He noted that the problems of the Sahel region were not new to him, which is why, more than ever, he would depend on the help of Nigeria to succeed.

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Lai Mohammed Says Twitter Has Written FG Over Suspension, Seeks Dialogue

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1 day ago

June 15, 2021

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The Nigerian Government, on Tuesday confirmed that Twitter has formally written to seek for dialogue on issues leading to the indefinite suspension of its operations in the country.

“I can confirm that Twitter has written the Federal Government that they are ready to talk. As we have always maintained, the door is not locked and we are open-minded but Twitter must work towards it,” Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed said.

The minister maintained the government’s position that it would not tolerate any platform that would be used to destabilize the country, adding that among other conditions for Twitter to resume operation in Nigeria, there must be an agreement as to what contents it could post.

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Also, the minister stated that Twitter and its founder, Jack Dorsey, are indirectly liable for the losses the country suffered during the EndSARS protest. He alleged that Dorsey raised funds through Bitcoins to sponsor the EndSARS protest while his platform, Twitter, was used to fuel the crisis.