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PDP Is Evil, Should And Should Be Proscribed – Kashim Shettima

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The chairman of the Northern Governors Forum and governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, has said  that the  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should be proscribed, saying  “the party is evil.”

Shettima, who led his counterparts from Bauchi and Kano states, Mohammed Abubakar and Abdullahi Ganduje on a solidarity visit to the newly elected Tor Tiv in Makurdi, Benue State, yesterday, made the remark at Senator George Akume’s house.

Though Shettima did not elaborate on why the PDP should be proscribed, he said that if Buhari had not won the 2015 presidential election, Nigeria would have gone into extinction.

He attributed Nigeria’s woes to “PDPs 16 years of bad governance.”

While addressing a cross section of Benue people at the Government House in Makurdi, Shettima emphasised oneness among northern Nigerians in order to foster peace.

The NGF chairman further dispelled insinuation that the forum’s visit to Benue was targeted at political calculation ahead of 2019, adding that they owed nobody apology for coming to rejoice with the Tiv nation.

According to him, the NGF was in the state for the third time on solidarity visit premised on a happy note, though the previous ones were for condolences.

Responding, Governor Samuel Ortom applauded Shettima for his passionate support for Benue, especially standing with the state in its  hours of trial when herdsmen unleashed terror in parts of the state.

NULGE Appeals To Borno On N18,000 Minimum Wage

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The Borno chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) on Sunday renewed its call on the state government to implement the N18, 000 minimum wage to all Local Government workers in the state.

 

 

Malam Nuhu Saidu, the Borno NULGE Acting Secretary, said this in a communique issued at the end of the union’s State Executive Council (SEC) meeting in Maiduguri.

 

Saidu stated that the non-implementation of the minimum wage for the workers had brought hardship.

 

“Our members have been pauparised by the refusal of the state government to implement the minimum wage at the Local government level.

 

“This is because the cost of living has risen tremendously, but our pay has remained very small,” he said.

 

Saidu said that the state government had a duty to ensure the welfare of workers at the councils by implementing the minimum wage.

 

“We are renewing our appeal on Gov. Kashim Shettima to approve the payment of N18,000 minimum wage to all workers in the 27 Local Government Councils (LGCs) in the state.

 

“There is no gainsaying that the council workers in the state deserve to be paid the minimum wage as a right, just like their counterparts in the state civil service,” he said.

 

Saidu also demanded the payment of all promotion arrears to the council workers from 2009 till date.

 

 

(NAN)