Author: Joshua Oladipo

Distribute fertilizer palliatives with equity to farmers, group tells Adeleke

Fertilizer

By Joshua Oladipo

Osogbo , June 29, 2024 (NAN) The Osun Mastermind, an Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), has appealed to the state government to be equitable and fair in distribution of fertilizer palliatives to farmers  in the state.

The Group’s Executive Director, Prof. Wasiu Oyedokun-Alli , made the appeal on Saturday in Osogbo.

Oyedokun-Alli said the first batch of fertilizer palliatives amounting to 11 trucks from the Federal Government had arrived the state capital for distribution to farmers in the state .

He commended the FG’s initiative being  implemented  by the Central Bank  of Nigeria (CBN) through its anchors borrowers to provide farmers fertilizers to boost food security in the country.

” I want to say that the first batch of fertilizer palliatives amounting to 11 trucks out of the 30 trucks from the Federal Government is in the state.

” The need for equitable and fair distribution of these fertilizers to farmers cannot be overemphasized.

” Public servants, who are saddled with the responsibility of administering the palliative scheme must indeed share to the target segment of the populace instead of favoring their cronies.

” Fertilizer palliative is designed to mitigate the hardship petroleum subsidy removal meted on Nigerians and to provide succor to the downtrodden,” the director said.

Oyedokun-Alli, implored the FG to constitute a monitoring team to monitor what has been pushed out to its sub-nationals.(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

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Edited by Bayo Sekoni

Wage

By Joshua Oladipo

Osogbo, June 19, 2024 (NAN) The Federation of Information Workers Organisation of Nigeria (FIWON) has appealed to the Federal Government to consider a higher national minimum wage for civil servants in the country to reduce the sufferings of workers.

Coordinator of FIWON in Osun, Mr Ibrahim Olayinka, who made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Osogbo, said that what organised labour was demanding was realistic, considering the present economic realities.

He called on President Bola Tinubu to reconsider the N62,000 proposed in the report of the national minimum wage tripartite committee and offer a living and affordable wage to Nigerian workers.

Olayinka urged the organised private sector to adjust their cost of production and profitability to help address the present impasse.

“This will be a good step in the right direction; that is the line of argument NECA and other stakeholders ought to have been pushing for instead of calling for a lesser minimum wage for hardworking civil servants.

“If only the Federal Government intends to pay civil servants a higher national minimum wage, such money is channelled and recycled back to the economy in the long run,” he said.

He stated that some private sectors are already paying above hundred thousand naira to their workers as minimum monthly salaries, while some cannot afford it.

Olayinka appealed to the president to give workers an affordable and higher minimum wage that aligned with the present economic realities to encourage productivity. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng )

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Edited by Ifeyinwa Okonkwo and Emmanuel Afonne

FRSC deploys 1200 officers for Eid-el-Kabir in Osun

Sallah
By Joshua Oladipo
Osogbo,June 15 ,2024 (NAN) No fewer than 1,200 personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Osun have been deployed to strategic locations in the state to ensure a hitch-free Eid-el-Kabir celebration.

Mr Inyang Umoh, the FRSC Sector Commander in the state, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Osogbo.

Umoh said that the officers, which comprises of special and regular marshals, would help in maintaining orderliness on the highways to ensure road users comply with safety rules during and after the celebration.

“We will not tolerate any reckless driving during and after the Sallah celebration. Our men are out there to ensure that motorists comply with safety regulations.

“We have visited media houses, motor parks, churches, mosques, among others to spread the message of defensive driving during this period,” he said.

According to him, the command has increase its enlightenment campaign towards ensuring zero free accident on highways.

“The message is clear that motorists should embraced defensive style of driving, be disciplined while on wheels which will help in minimising road mishaps,” he emphasised.

Umoh also said that ambulances and towing vans had been deployed to strategic locations in the state for emergency.

He called on transport unions to educate their members on the need to be safety conscious to avoid loss of lives and property. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
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Edited by Victor Adeoti/Tayo Ikujuni