BREAKING! Wike Drags FCTA Workers To Court Over Strike
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*Assembly Insists Section 188 (10) Ousts Court Interference In Impeachment There could be lavish smiles, back-slapping and clinking of glasses in Government House, Port Harcourt presently as the Chief Judge (CJ) of Rivers State, Justice Simeon C. Amadi, stated that he is legally restrained from constituting a seven-member panel to investigate allegations of gross misconduct against the State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Deputy Governor Professor Ngozi Oduh. The development is a major dagger into the back of majority of members of the State House of Assembly, backed by Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike, who has been…
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Indefinite Strike: FCTA Workers Defy Wike On Resumption
*Prefer To Obey Their Union *Day 3: Strike Still Paralyzes Govt Activities By Felix Durumbah, Abuja Striking employees of Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) today --for the second consecutive day -failed to turn up for work in spite of an order by FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike,on Monday night. On Monday, the Minister, had in a statement by his spokesman, Lere Olayinka, dismissed the workers' demands for better conditions of service and their subsequent resort to the ongoing indefinite strike as unnecessary, stressing that 10 of the 14 demands of the about 40,000-strong workforce had already been met by his…
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Tears In SGF Akume’s Benue Community As Mysterious Fire Guts Homes, Renders Hundreds Homeless
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Indefinite Strike: FCTA Workers Swiftly React To Wike’s Welfare Feel-Good Statement
*Tissue Of Falsehood, They Claim *Give Item-By-Item Response To Authorities' Welfare Claims *'Strike Continues, It's Justified, Legal' *Warn Against Divide-and-Rule Tactics By Felix Durumbah, Abuja The face-off between striking workers of Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and the Administration's authorities,led by FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike, moved a notch up tonight as labour swiftly issued a disclaimer to claims by the Minister a few hours ago that he had granted 10 of the 14 demands of the workforce. The about 40,000 workers today embarked on an indefinite strike which paralyzed activities in all FCTA offices, even forcing Wike and his…