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Fubara Approves N100,000 Christmas Bonus For Rivers Workers
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EditorGovernor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has approved N100,000 to be paid to all civil servants as Christmas bonus.
The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Warisenibo Johnson, disclosed this in a statement in Port Harcourt.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has gone spiritual in the face of the political crisis in the state. The Union is praying that no evil machination formed against the governor would proper.
On Fubara’s Christmas bonus, the Commissioner, Johnson, said the governor ordered that the bonus be paid to all civil servant with immediate effect to enable them has a wonderful festive season.
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He said: “Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has approved N100,000 as Christmas bonus for the State’s civil servants.
“Governor Fubara gave the approval on Tuesday for immediate implementation to enable the civil servants to have a wonderful yuletide celebration.”
Reacting, the state Chairman of NLC, Mr. Alex Agwanwo, commended the governor for putting joy in the hearts of civil servants in the state.
He promised that workers would support the programmes and activities of the administration.
Agwanwo noted that for over eight years workers in the state had not been remembered for better welfare.
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He said: “It is a welcomed development. Since that memo came out last night, I have received several calls from workers and you can see the level of joy among workers.
“For the past eight years this has never been done and it is happening now. This is the reason we will continue to support the governor in all his activities and programmes.
“He proved that he is a civil servant that grew through the ranks to become a governor.
“Even without us putting any pressure on him, the governor came on his own and did this. We want to appreciate him.
“We pray that God will protect and keep him in that office. No weapon formed against him shall prosper.
“The workers of Rivers State will continue to support and be within through thick and thin. We will stand by him, because he has proven to us that he is our own.
“And we will protect our own no matter what happens.”
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The former campaign director for the Labour Party during the 2023 presidential election, Doyin Okupe, has announced his new vocation as an evangelist of Jesus Christ following his recovery from cancer.
Detailing the challenges he faced with cancer, which initially appeared 16 years ago as prostate cancer and recently in the soft tissues of his right shoulder, Okupe highlighted the role of his medical treatment and divine intervention in his recovery.
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“The first problem was cancer I had and the chemotherapy makes you lose appetite, you have nausea, and even as you sustain for several months, you lose weight,” he told Channels TV.
Okupe recounted how his weight dropped from 127kg to 97kg during chemotherapy and settled at 103kg after the treatment ended.
“In all these, I bear witness to God and Jesus Christ, I’m a testimony to the fact that there is nothing the Lord God Jehovah can’t do,” Okupe affirmed.
“From now on, I have become an evangelist and a witness for Christ.”
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Court Dethrones Ondo Monarch After 29 Years Of Legal Tussle
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EditorOba Micheal Adetunji Oluwole, the traditional ruler of Ute in the Ose local government area of Ondo state has been dethroned by a state High Court sitting in Owo, Owo local government area of the state after a legal tussle that lasted for 29 years.
Olule Omolaja Ruling House had challenged the retired Army Major’s right to ascend the throne.
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Justice Ademola Enikuomehin who nullified the selection process that brought Oba Oluwole to the throne and ordered a fresh selection process into the stool, ordered Oluwole to stop parading himself as the traditional ruler of the town. The fresh selection process will be from the Olule Omoloja ruling house lineage.
According to Justice Enikuomehin, the dethroned monarch had no right to the throne as he’s not a member of the ruling house designated to fill the vacant throne of the town.
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Pro-Fubara Lawmakers Confirm Eight Commissioner-nominees
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May 21, 2024By
EditorA faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara has confirmed eight commissioner-designates as members of the State Executive Council.
Fubara earlier sent the names of the nominees to the House led by the factional Speaker, Victor Oko-Jumbo, for screening and confirmation.
The Assembly screened the nominees during their sitting at the temporary legislative chambers at the Administrative Block of the Government House, Port Harcourt on Tuesday.
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Two former Commissioners, Dr Peter Medee and Eloka Tasie-Amadi, who served under the immediate past administration of Nyesom Wike as Energy and Works Commissioners respectively were asked by the House to take a bow and go.
The other six nominees were asked a few questions by the pro-Fubara lawmakers and were consequently confirmed as commissioner-designates.
In his remarks, the Speaker, Oko-Jumbo, charged the commissioner-designates to contribute their quota in moving the state forward and assist the governor in delivering the dividends of democracy to the people.
He advised the governor not to be distracted but to continue his good works and pledged the House’s support to make him succeed.
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He stated, “Those that are supposed to bring the dividends of democracy to our people. As a legislature, what we can do is to ensure that we create an atmosphere where His Excellency will do more.
“While we commend His Excellency for his numerous achievements in office, we also use this opportunity to call on His Excellency not to be distracted. We call on him to remain focused on the mandate that Rivers State’s people have given him.
“We also call on him not to be biased. He should continue to deliver the dividends of democracy to our people.”
Speaking to newsmen after the screening, the Leader of the House, Sokari Goodboy, commended the governor on the calibre of people sent to the House for screening.
“Today, we held our sitting and in the Order Paper, we had the screening of eight commissioners and we know too well that the executive arm of the state needs to be filled and we are happy and proud of the nominees,” he said.
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