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Subsidy Removal: Tinubu Moves To Placate Labour With Wage Award After Protest

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August 2, 2023

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday evening met with the leadership of the two labour centres, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC of Nigeria, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where he gave them firm promise on some of their demands.

The organised labour had embarked on a strike to protest the removal of fuel subsidies with its attendant hardship on the people in the country.

In a nationwide broadcast on Monday on the heels of the proposed protest by the NLC, President Tinubu outlined some palliatives which the organised labour described as not far-reaching enough.

Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the brief meeting with the President, the President of the NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, said they deepened their discussions with the President on palliatives for workers.

He disclosed that the President explained certain things hitherto not in his nationwide broadcast to them at the meeting.

On whether the President urged them to call off the strike, Ajaero said no one person could do that disclosing however that the National Executive Council (NEC) of the NLC would meet today (Thursday) to decide on the next line.of action.

He said, “We met with him (President Tinubu). The issues we discussed are the same issues that led to the protest today.

“He has expressed his position, made some commitments, which were taken side-by-side with what the Senate said, and we’re taking it back to the office with our colleagues to review it and release a document on our next line of action.”

Asked whether the commitments were different from the one he did during the broadcast, Ajaero, flanked by the TUC President, Comrade Festus Osifo said, “We have gone deeper into them. The broadcast has broader issues, but there are one or two things that need immediate attention.”

Further asked whether the organised labour will call off the peaceful protest, he said, “No one person can call it off. That’s why I said we’ll have to go back to the office. So that they will look at it, the Exco looks at it before they come up. And by tomorrow, the NLC will equally have their NEC meeting, to look at the bigger picture.”

Asked whether the President told them to suspend the protest, he simply said, “The President is a pro-democracy activist. So he understands protests.”

Vanguard reliably that the President promised to reconstitute the Presidential Steering Committee on Palliatives, an immediate wage award to workers and the distribution of CNG vehicles as another way of cushioning the hardship workers are facing.

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FCCPC Seals Ekiti Warehouse Over Consumer Safety Violation

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May 16, 2024

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The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has sealed a warehouse dealing in fast-selling consumer goods over an alleged violation of the safety of consumers along Ado-Ikere Road in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.

FCCPC Director of Surveillance and Investigations, Boladale Adeyinka, said the agency acted based on intelligence that obnoxious activities were ongoing on the business premises.

Adeyinka, who spoke to journalists in Ado Ekiti during the operation on Thursday, said, “The enforcement team was deployed to Ado Ekiti for investigation upon reasonable suspicion of some harmful practices inimical to consumer safety and welfare.

“These range from alterations of expiry dates, deceptive and misleading batch numbers, fake SON barcoding, suspected repackaging of unwholesome consumer goods, particularly vegetable oils, misleading and deceptive labelling of fast moving consumer goods such as cereals.

“During the inspection and search operations of the business premises, the Commission has been able to identify possible violations of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act.”

“Our inspection and search today has confirmed the allegations and appropriate enforcement actions will follow. Immediately, we sealed the affected warehouse, and issued and served summons on the owners of the business and one of their major suppliers for further investigation.

“We seal premises to prevent products that we consider harmful from gaining access to consumers. The idea is to ensure that consumer safety is guaranteed,” she said.

On discoveries at the premises, the FCCPC director said, “We discovered that the batch numbers on the waybills and the products in the warehouse are not the same. None of the batch numbers of the identified products on the waybills match the actual products that are in the warehouse.

“So, we have reasonable suspicion that those products are not the products from the factory because the waybill is contrary to the actual product.

“Again the Standard Organisations of Nigeria scan code that we used to verify the authenticity or otherwise of the products declared them invalid, meaning that the product identification mark originally given to the products is not what is on the products here.

“Product identification is for traceability. There is no way we can trace these products to the manufacturer. Therefore the safety of consumers cannot be guaranteed.

“It suggests and confirms that some obnoxious practices are going on within this premises and we need to further investigate,” she said.

Recall that FCCPC had last month sealed a Chinese warehouse in Abuja following allegations of discriminatory practices against Nigerians.

According to Adeyinka, FCCPC has the mandate to promote competition and protect consumers’ interests in all products and services in the Nigerian market.

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Woman Jailed For Attempting To Recruit Two Minors For Prostitution In Rivers Brothel

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May 16, 2024

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A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday, sentenced a 40-year-old woman, Oyibo Nwankwo to one year imprisonment for trafficking underage girls.

Nwankwo was prosecuted by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).

The agency in a statement issued on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, said the convict attempted to recruit the victims for prostitution at a brothel in Elele.

“On May 14, 2024, Oyibo Nwankwo, a 40-year-old woman, was found guilty on two counts of an attempt to enable two underage girls to stay at a brothel in Elele Rivers State by the Federal High Court Port Harcourt, presided over by Hon. Justice S. Obile (file number: FHC/PH/141c/24),” the statement read.

“In relation to the two counts, the offender received a one-year prison sentence for each to run concurrently in accordance with section 17(1)(b) and subject to punishment under section 29 of the Trafficking in Persons Prohibition Enforcement and Administration Act of 2015. Justice is served!”

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Lady Reveals Three Ways To Know If A Girl’s Waist Beads Is Not ‘Ordinary’

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May 16, 2024

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A Nigerian lady on Twitter has revealed her opinion on waist beads, saying some are not ordinary and are worn to ‘trap’ innocent guys.

She listed three ways to know if a waist bead carries supernatural powers.

1. If you noticed something like m!ld electric shock when you try to climb her, my dear run for your life, if you sleep with her, you going to be trapped forever.

2. If your prick stand so strong when you’re with her and all you just want to do is to have S€x with her and you’re ready to give her anything.

3. If you have s€x with her and you just want to continue having s€x with her non stop, dem don trap you, you will empty your bank before your eyes will clear.

Above of all pray not too jam this type of girls, they will not turn back until they ruin your life. Guys be careful.