Retired Members of the Nigerian Armed Forces, under the auspices of the Coalition of Military Pensioners in Abuja have shut down the Federal Ministry of Finance on Thursday, over non-payment of their 20% to 28% salary increment from January to November 2024.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, stated that inadequate funding is a significant challenges hindering Local Government autonomy in Nigeria.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and 14 states to commence industrial strike from Sunday, December 1, over failures to comply with the N70,000 new minimum wage.
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Ahmed Abdulaziz disclosed that the Federal Governement (FG) has spent a total of N8.8Bn to repair and restore 128 transmission towers that were vandalized nationwide from January to November, 2024.
Pensioners under the Contributory Pension Scheme have directed members to occupy the Ministry of Finance on Dec 16th following unpaid accrued gratuities owed pensioners from March 2023 to November 2024. The pensioners, who had earlier staged a peaceful rally at the Ministry of Finance in November, wrote to the coordinating Minister of Finance and National Economy, Wale Edun, on the need for the government to release the entitlements.
The Federal Government of Nigeria has directed that civil servants, who relocated abroad while still receiving salaries from Nigeria, without formally resigning, must refund the wages they collected during that time. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoS), Didi Esther Walson-Jack, stated this during a press conference on Monday; marking her first 100 days in office.
