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Welfare: NLC Assures Workers in Imo
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has assured the workers in Imo that it would not relent in its struggle for their welfare including the 20 months salary arrears owed by the state government.
Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President said this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja.
It would be recalled that the NLC had declared a protest in Imo, led by Ajaero on Nov.
1 over alleged anti- workers policies by the state government .It would also be recalled that Ajaero was allegedly attacked by security agents and hoodlums in the state.
Ajaero said not even his death would stop the struggle for the 20 months non payment of salaries for workers in the state.
According to him,“ not even my death could have stopped the struggle for the payment of those workers salaries.
“If I had died in the process, the people that would take over, would be more daring.
“Any of the deputies here that would take over, would have been more decisive.
“So nobody is backing out, it is a question of allowing justice to prevail and the people you are owing you pay them,”he said.
Ajaero while narrating his ordeals noted that workers who earlier gathered for the protest at the NLC Secretariat in Owerri were beaten and all their phones taken away.
According to him, I arrived there by 9 a.m with about 20 security personnel and was about to address journalists on the situation of things.
“Before, I could even address the journalists, police and other people in mufti came in and withdrew all the security there.
“They arrested me and handed me over to thugs who dragged me on the ground, hit me with all manner of things and tied my eyes. There were about seven of them.
“They started asking me why I was challenging Gov. Hope Uzodimma and that I should say my last prayers and that they were going to throw me into Njaba River.
‘ From there, I did not know how the same people to police headquarters. But I thank God that I am alive today,”he said.
He also noted that Uzodimma had also accused him of playing local politics.
The NLC president said that he not a card carrying member of any political party in Nigeria.
“I do not have any family members or whatever running for election but they are free to run if they are interested.
“‘If I want to run for any office tomorrow I will pick the form of any party.
“As a governor he should be privileged to some classified information to say which political party I belong to,” he said.
Speaking, Mr Emma Ugboaja, NLC General Secretary, reiterated call for an indefinite nationwide from Nov. 13, midnight to compel the Federal Government to do the needful.
“We will not accept the torture, humiliation, brutalisation of a citizen, a citizen that has global status.
“So, from Tuesday, Nov 14, the Nigerian workers will be withdrawing their services.
“Because if the president of NLC and his team were used as the point of contact, hundreds of workers have also been brutalized.
“He is just the figurehead of what transpired.
“As we speak nothing has been done. So, we cannot continue like this as a nation,” he said.
On medical treatment abroad, he said NLC was against medical tourism.
(NAN)
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Jos School Collapse: CWON Holds Trauma Healing Session for Parents, Survivors
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From Jude Dangwam, Jos
The Catholic Women Organization of Nigeria (CWON) has organized a trauma healing session for survivors of the Jos Saint Academy School collapse alongside parents who lost their children in the unfortunate incident.The National President of the organization, Dame Mary Gonzum noted that the effort was part of their psychosocial support and counseling services for victims of the school building collapse as a follow-up to the assessment of the condition of the victims during their visit.
Gonzum speaking during a one day trauma session held at the Secretariat of the Justice Development and Peace/Caritas Commission (JDPC) of the Catholic Archdiocese located along Zaria Road in Jos the Plateau State capital said the trauma healing session was in continuation of their intervention to students who experienced the building collapsed.”Today, a trauma healing session was flagged off with a seminar on how to go about handling the trauma that victims of the Saint Academy School Busa Buji in Jos are passing through.”We will later select those that are so traumatic and need help to continue with the process of healing because it is not something that will end in a day or two but will need sometime.”The surviving students who experienced the building collapsed, parents of the students are all here because some parents are so traumatic, we have one other woman that lost two children”This trauma became necessary because when we went visiting in the hospitals, we observed that some of them are really traumatic. Like the other boy, his mother said up till today he kept telling his mother that he is seeing dead bodies, and anybody he sees he will say is his classmate.”Some of the affected parents while sharing their encounters after the incident said they hardly sleep in the day or night time. Some manage to sleep for two hours and they’re awake, and from the little lectures we received today it is clear that there is a problem,” She noted.The President calls on the government to ensure that those saddled with the responsibility of approving, inspecting and supervising structures are meant to do their job with all diligence to avert future happenings again.Some of the affected parents including; Hasana Suleman Sale who lost two of her children recalled with pains the unfortunate development that claimed the lives of her two children. She expressed gratitude for the trauma healing session which she said came as a means of consolation and strength for her to overcome the trauma she is passing through.Metro
Catholic Church Welcomes New Apostolic Nuncio
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The Catholic Church in Nigeria has welcomed the newly-appointed Apostolic to Nigeria, Archbishop Michael Francis Crotty.
Crotty, an Irish, was appointed by the Vatican.
He will oversee the propagation of the gospel of Jesus Christ through the church in Nigeria.
The position, an ambassadorial status, advances cohesion in the body of Christ.
In his welcome message for Crotty on Tuesday, the President of Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Archbishop Lucius Ugorji, said that the Church was glad to receive him.
The CBCN president, who is also the Archbishop of Owerri Catholic Archdiocese, said,” With joy and gratitude to God, I extend a hearty welcome to Archbishop Michael Francis Crotty on behalf of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, clergy, religious and lay faithful in Nigeria.
“We are thankful to His Holiness, Pope Francis, for appointing Archbishop Michael Francis Crotty as the Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria to build on the good works of his predecessor, Archbishop Antonio Filipazzi.
“His appointment is a testament to the strong spiritual bond between our countries,” he said.
He said that although Crotty was the first Apostolic Nuncio from Ireland to serve in Nigeria, many Irish missionaries had played significant roles in spreading the gospel in Nigeria.
“We appreciate Archbishop Crotty’s acceptance of serving in Nigeria and assure him of our full support and cooperation.
“We pray for a fruitful mission and a blessed tenure for our excellency,” he added. (NAN)
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Boundary Commission to Provide Infrastructure Along Disputed Boundary Areas
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The National Boundary Commission (NBC), says it has concluded plans to provide infrastructure in flash locations along interstate boundaries to encourage integration and cooperation.
The Director-General of the commission, Mr Adamu Adaji, stated this in an interview in Abuja on Wednesday.
Adaji said that the commission would look at flash point areas and provide infrastructures that would encourage cooperation and integration among border communities.
He said that the goal was to see how the commission could bring people in border communities together to share from a common facility.
This, according to him, will douse tension and bring some kind of understanding among border communities.
“The bounder communities will share the facilities, which in the long run will bring the people together and eventually reduce tension and boundary conflicts.
“This is a way of encouraging integration and cooperation by encouraging people to come together, relate with one another and engage in beneficial commercial activities.”
Adaji said that a similar initiative was test runed with a borehole, constructed boundary corridor in Ado Local Government Area of Benue state, where it shared boundary with Ebonyi.
“We have also been able to construct some market stalls in the Ebonyi sector of the boundary between Ebonyi and Cross River,” he added.
“So, our appeal is for people to appreciate, cooperate and understand that boundaries are not barriers.
“The boundary line will not stop somebody from owning properties across and that is what we want to partner with the states to educate people along by the boundary corridors. (NAN)