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17/07/2025

This guy inside prison get good voice

17/07/2025

Na boy be this ooh!

14/07/2025

WHAT IS THIS?

14/07/2025

YOU SHOULD NOT COME TO MY PROGRAM TO DISTRIBUTE GOSPEL PAPERS WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE - PASTOR KUMUYI

14/07/2025

LEARN TO SAY NO WHEN YOU SHOULD

CREDIT: Ibukun Awosika

14/07/2025

WHY ARE PEOPLE CELEBRATING BUHARI's DEATH THIS WAY?

14/07/2025

A GROUP OF MEN CAUGHT BY LOCAL SECURITY IN EDO STATE SMOKING ICE

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14/07/2025

When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu hastily and thoughtlessly removed fuel subsidy on the day of his inauguration, he triggered an economic avalanche that has since buried the average Nigerian under the weight of inflation, hunger, and despair.

In a bid to manage the self-inflicted crisis, the administration promised to pay a wage award to federal civil servants as a temporary cushion pending the conclusion of negotiations on a new national minimum wage. That promise, like many others under this government, has become a broken covenant.

It took the Tinubu administration a staggering 10 months to arrive at a new minimum wage figure. By implication, the Federal Government owes 10 months of wage award arrears to federal workers. Yet, only six months have been paid and that too after a series of unfulfilled assurances and avoidable delays. As of today, the Federal Government owes four months of wage awards, amounting to ₦35,000 monthly, a total of ₦140,000 per worker.

While several state governments have shown commendable responsibility in the management of labour affairs, the Tinubu-led Federal Government has distinguished itself by its callous indifference and utter disdain for workers’ welfare.

To make matters worse, instead of engaging in dialogue or fulfilling its promises, the government has now resorted to tyranny and suppression of free speech. Nearly two weeks ago, Comrade Andrew Uche Emelieze was arrested and detained for attempting to organize a peaceful protest to demand the payment of the overdue wage awards. His only "crime" was speaking up for workers abandoned by the state.

We demand the immediate and unconditional release of Comrade Emelieze. His continued detention is an affront to democracy, a slap in the face of every Nigerian worker, and a chilling reminder of the authoritarian drift of the Tinubu administration.

Let it be known: Nigerian workers will not be silenced, intimidated, or forgotten. The economic hardship is real, the hunger is biting, and the government has a duty to act, not repress. -AA