Yetunde Barnabas Olayinka is a Nigerian model, beauty queen, actress and film producer. She was born on August 30, 1990 in Ilorin, Kwara state, though her family is originally from Kogi State.
Yetunde grew up in Abuja, after her secondary school education at the Kings of Kings Secondary School, she attended Seriki Olopolo Production Royal Arts Academy, where she honed her acting skills. She initially gained recognition as the winner of The Most Beautiful Girl in Abuja pageant in 2017 and was crowned Miss Tourism Nigeria in 2019.
Yetunde Barnabas Olayinka
She is best known for role as Miss Pepeiye on Nigeria’s long running sitcom, Papa Ajasco and Company, as well as several leading roles in the Yoruba movie industry. In March 2021, She married Nigerian professional footballer, Peter Olayinka who currently plays as a striker for Slavia Prague in Czech Republic.
Nigerian fashion designer, Yomi Casual, real name Abayomi Makun, the younger brother of comedian, Ayo Makun has taken to his Instagram stories to judge the government for failing to support the youth of the nation.
According to the celebrity stylist, the Nigerian government does not want to see young entrepreneurs and business owners flourish.
Speaking further, Casual stated that the government has succeeded primarily in frustrating the efforts of young businesses and initiatives; he also mentioned that youths are not given the platform to thrive.
Taking to his Instagram platform on Tuesday afternoon, the fashion designer wrote; “This government doesn’t want to see any young entrepreneur in Nigeria do well…”
He continued;
“They will frustrate and oppress you with everything they have. God pass una sha!”
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has knocked those criticising the move by the state government to challenge the legality of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in collecting Value Added Tax (VAT).
The governor argued that the nation must encourage federating states to harness their resources to generate revenues, including VAT to advance their development.
Wike, who spoke when the Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of the SUN (Newspaper) Publishing Limited, Mr Onuoha Ukeh, led a delegation to his office, said he had no problem with being his brother’s keeper as canvassed by some people, but maintained that they must first acknowledge that the states have the right to collect VAT.
The governor said, “Some people say, be your brother’s keeper; I have no problem in being my brother’s keeper but why not come out and say, let us tell ourselves the simple truth?” he queried. “As it is being provided in the law, who is the person responsible to collect the VAT?
When you agree to that, that it is the state, then we can sit down to look at the different problems of states. And not to say be your brother’s keeper while you’re doing an illegal thing, in disobeying what the law says you should not do.”
Wike faulted one of his colleagues who reportedly said the judgement of the court that empowered states to collect VAT within their jurisdiction would not stand, saying that the governor should instead, commend the state government for seeking to entrench fiscal federalism and constitutionalism.
Meanwhile, the governor raised the alarm over attempts to frustrate Rivers and other states from actualising the constitutional provisions that empowered them to exploit their resources and revenues, particularly VAT.
Also, he described the alleged refusal of the Federal Government to include Rivers as one of the states that would benefit from projects, for which it was seeking fresh foreign loans to execute, as an act of discrimination.
“Look at the money that the Federal Government has gone to borrow from the World Bank, of all the projects in all the states, the Federal Government did not include Rivers State,” the governor said.
Nollywood actress, Rosy Meurer has revealed that nothing can make her leave her husband, Olakunle Churchill, not even infidelity. The mum of one made this revelation in a recent interview with Media Room Hub, when asked if she can call her husband out on social media if they have a marital crisis. In response, Rosy noted that she’d never bring her personal life and marriage to social media. Speaking further, Rosy said she doesn’t think her husband would cheat on her, and if he does, she would forgive him if he is remoreseful because they plan to grow old together.
Her words, “I would never call my husband out on social media. I would never bring my personal life to social media. I also don’t believe my husband would cheat on me because I trust him, but if he does and he’s remorseful, I would forgive him because we have a child together, and we have agreed we are staying together forever. I don’t think there’s anything that can make me leave my husband, not even for a side chick. I’m the main chick . I’m the boss. I’m the side chick; I’m everything to him. That’s all that matters to me.”
Eight people have been confirmed dead, while several others were injured, in a shooting at a university in the Russian city of Perm on Monday, state media reports.
The suspected shooter was said to have entered the Perm State University campus “with an offensive weapon” and opened fire on Monday morning, the university said on its Telegram channel.
Some students and teachers locked themselves in classrooms during the attack, the university’s press service also said, according to state media agency RIA Novosti.
The suspect, who was later arrested and wounded after resisting law enforcement officers, has been identified as a male, though it was not immediately clear whether he was a student at the university.
The Ogun State police command on Sunday warned the residents against organizing night prayer sessions, especially at forest areas in the state in order not to fall prey to kidnappers.
The command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who made the call in a statement in Ota, expressed concern that some people in the state are still organizing night prayer sessions despite the command’s warning on the danger of such practice.
He said: “However, in as much as the command is not oblivious of right to freedom of religion, it is worthy of note that the present security situation in the country does not encourage prayer sessions in isolated places.”
He appealed to the people of the state to refrain from creating opportunities for kidnappers to operate, saying the command was working assiduously to rid the state of criminals who had turned kidnapping into business.
Nigerian filmmaker and founder of Mount Zion Faith Ministries, Evangelist Mike Bamiloye, has advised young men against ‘changing ladies like handkerchiefs,’ stating that such men would be losers in the end.
He issued the advise in an Instagram post while speaking on how important it is for men to make the right decisions in their marriages.
Bamiloye wrote; “Get it right from the start. Right from the foundation of Samson, he had been falling in love with a wrong woman.
The first woman he would ever fall in love with was the Philistine lady in the vineyard of Timnath, who was being guided, so to speak, by a young lion.(Judges 14). The marriage ended up in crisis and collapsed.
“Then, we read that he had affairs with the harlot of Gaza. The last major crisis was the affair he had with Delilah of the Valley of Sorek.
“Young Men of this generation, don’t gamble or casino with women. It is not a joking matter. If you think the definition of enjoyment is to change ladies like handkerchief, you will be the loser in the end.
“No man has ever won the game with women. Ask Samson, Solomon, Judah and Tamar.
“Young man, if you truly have a vision and mission to fulfill for God in your generation; If truly you want to fulfill purpose and confirm destiny, get it right in the place of marriage.”
The Delta State police command has dismissed two police officers for an alleged assault in the state.
The officers – Felix Ebikabowei and Ndubuisi Abazie – were dismissed for alleged assault on a commercial tricycle rider, Brodrick Omesan, in Warri.
The command’s spokesman, Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Asaba, said the duo were attached to “B” Division, Warri.
He said: “The two dismissed officers on August 12, 2021, after close of work, conspired among themselves and engaged in Illegal duty along the Estate roundabout in Warri.
They accosted a tricycle rider, one Brodrick Omesan ‘m’ age 36years of Oviri Street, Agbaroh. An argument ensued between the policemen and the victim during which they allegedly pushed and beat him up. This led to serious injuries on the victim’s head. He was rushed to the hospital where he is currently receiving treatment.
The Commissioner of Police upon receiving the complaint immediately directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigative Department (SCID) for a discreet and unbiased investigation.
“Investigation later revealed that the two officers have a case to answer on the serious assault on the victim who is still in critical condition.
“The CP again ordered that they should face internal disciplinary action and the command provost was directed to try them in an orderly room.
The two officers who were tried for the offence of incivility to members of the public, disobedience to lawful order contrary to paragraph E (iii) first schedule of the Police Act and regulations 370 paragraph F of Police Act and regulations CAP P.9 laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004 were found guilty on both counts and have been dismissed from the Force.”
The federal government has been ordered to pay N20 billion to Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho.
An Oyo state high court sitting in Ibadan issued the order on Friday, according to Vanguard.
The money is for damages caused by operatives of the Department of State Services, (DSS) who invaded his house in Soka, Ibadan, Oyo state, killing his aides and destroying properties worth millions of naira.
Justice Cyprian Ajah of the Enugu State High Court on Thursday charged the police and other law enforcement agencies to stop parading criminal suspects in their custody.
Ajah made the call in a paper he presented at the ongoing training on the Implementation of Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), 2015 and Human Rights for Officials of Nigerian Correctional Service, Nigeria Police Force, and Judiciary in Enugu.
He described the parade of suspects when they are still perceived as innocent as media trial.
The judge said: “Mental torture is deeper and lasts longer than physical torture.
The constitution presumes every accused person as innocent until proven guilty from the point of the law.
“So, when you parade a person before the public, through the television, radio and newspapers, the public see him as a criminal, perceive him as a criminal and most times treat him or her as one.
Incidentally, when the person undergoes trial and is discharged and acquitted, there will be no opportunity of parading him again to say that he is innocent.
“Those who watched him before that had labelled him a criminal would not have the opportunity or time to watch him paraded as innocent.
“It is unfair hearing. It is bad and the constitution and the laws of the land are wholly against all forms of media and sensational trial of any suspects outside the court.
“The innocent person in question continues to suffer torment and mental torture throughout his lifetime and become a subject of humiliation and scorn even among his own people.”
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has suspended the chairman of its caretaker committee in Gombe State, Rev. Sunday Congo, over a congratulatory message he sent to the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami.
Rev. Congo had in the letter, congratulated the minister on his promotion to the rank of Professor in the Department of Cyber Security at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri.
However, a letter dated September 15, 2021, and signed by its General Secretary, Joseph Daramola, CAN directed Congo to immediately release all the body’s property to his deputy.
The Christian umbrella body described the cleric’s action as provocative, overzealous and tantamount to a unilateral decision made without authorisation and necessary clearance.
The statement read: “Following the recent publications of your congratulatory message to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, we write to inform you that your action has generated a lot of concerns amongst members of the Christian Association of Nigeria.
This action of yours in publishing and release made on behalf of the association is tantamount to a unilateral decision of you and overzealousness on your part, which was done without authorization and clearance.
“It is not only provocative but undermines the CAN NEC executive. It does not in any way represent their position. In view of the above, you are hereby directed to relinquish your position in Gombe CAN executive with immediate effect and hand over all CAN’s property to your next in line in your bloc.
“In future, you are advised to consult and get approval from the authority of CAN national level so we all may speak with one voice.”
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, said Thursday evening he is well and in good condition following a minor incident at a forum in Abuja.
Bawa, who addressed participants at the National Identity Day Celebration organized by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, earlier on Thursday, felt unwell and asked to be excused.
He was helped to his seat and taken to State House hospital for treatment.
The EFCC chairman later featured as a guest on Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today, from his home in Abuja.
Bawa said: “I am ok, you can see that I am very much ok. Being the 16th of September, today is the National Identity Day and I was invited for a programme by NIMC, or specifically by the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, and while giving my goodwill message during the programme, there was a bit of dizziness on me, and I had to excuse myself from the stage.
“Of course, I went straight to the hospital where the doctors confirmed that everything about me is okay except for the fact that I am a bit dehydrated and I need to take a lot of water.”
The anti-graft czar said he went straightaway from the hospital to his office to tidy up things and went home a few minutes later.
The University of Benin Senate has approved the removal of N20,000 late registration fee in the institution.
The introduction of the late registration fee by UNIBEN management led to a two-day mass protest by students of the institution earlier in the week.
The university’s Registrar, Ademola Bobola, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday night in Benin, Edo State.
He said Senate also approved the refund of the fee already paid by the students.
Bobola said: “Consequently, lectures are to resume on Monday, September 20, to enable students who obeyed the directive on school closure and travelled, to return.
“The university’s decision-making body also agreed that a new time-line be set for the payment of the school charges for the 2020/2021 Academic Session.
“It also directed that the re-activation of charges for Postgraduate Programmes be sent to the Board of Postgraduate School for review.”
Two suspects arrested in connection with the murder of Capt. Abdulkareem Na’Allah, the eldest son of a former federal lawmaker, Bala Ibn Na’Allah, on Thursday revealed how they killed the victim.
The suspects – Bashir Muhammad (23) and Nasiru Salisu (27) – told journalists at the Kano State police command headquarters they went to the deceased’s house to steal his car.
Abdulkareem, a pilot, was murdered at his home on August 29.
Muhammad, who is the prime suspect, claimed he did not know the victim before the incident.
He said: “One day, we were passing in front of the deceased house, three of us including Nasiru, me, and Usman DanKano, when we saw a car parked inside the house.
DanKano casually said we will come and pick the car from the house.
“The next day while it was raining, we gained access into the vicinity of the deceased residence, climbed the rooftop and removed the nails of the roofing sheets.
When we got inside the house, Nasiru and I opened the door for Usman who held a torchlight. The light from the torch attracted the attention of the deceased and immediately he saw us, he picked something from under his bed and he started struggling with Nasiru.
“During the struggle, the deceased fell and when he fell, we used a rope for hanging clothes to tie him and he never spoke again. We picked up the car keys and left.”
On his part, Salisu, who lives in Kawo, said Mohammed tied up the victim after the struggle
“I bought 23 bags of rice with my share of the money but it was intercepted by Customs,” he stated.
The spokesman of the Kano State police command, Muhammad Jalige, said the suspects confessed they carried out the crime.
He added that they sold the vehicle for N1 million in the Niger Republic and shared the proceed.
Nigerian-born Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has thanked the Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle the Duchess, for the kind words they penned about her as she makes the TIME 100 list of The World’s Most Influential People. The magazine has noted the globally-rated economist’s activities around the efforts to ensure that everyone on the planet earth gets vaccinated against any preventable disease for which there is a vaccine. The ex-World Bank guru has been the Board Chair of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, since January 1, 2016. Gavi has the goal of increasing access to immunization in poor countries. Concerning the TIME entry, the Duke and the Duchess state: What will it take to vaccinate the world? Unity, cooperation—and leaders like Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
As the first African and first woman to lead the World Trade Organization, a 164-member group of nations that oversees trade across the world, Okonjo-Iweala took on the role of director-general this March at a watershed moment for our global health and well-being. Make no mistake, her job affects every person, family and community. As we face a constant barrage of vaccine misinformation, bureaucratic slowdowns across both government and industry, and the rise of variants that underscore the urgency of the situation, Okonjo-Iweala has shown us that to end the pandemic, we must work together to equip every nation with equitable vaccine access. Our conversations with her have been as informative as they are energizing. This is partly because, despite the challenges, she knows how to get things done—even between those who don’t always agree—and does so with grace and a smile that warms the coldest of rooms.
The fragility of our world right now cannot be overstated. Just over a quarter of the nearly 8 billion global population is fully vaccinated. Achieving vaccine equity is a global duty of compassion for one another. Our hope is that guided by strong leaders like Ngozi, we can get there soon.
The Lagos State University (LASU) on Thursday morning announced the appointment of Prof Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello as its ninth substantive Vice Chancellor.
Olatunji-Bello, a Professor of Physiology, had served as Acting Vice-Chancellor of the institution before her promotion.
It would be recalled that LASU witnessed some crises during the tenure of Olarewaju Fagbohun, the institution’s eighth VC, whose tenure expired on January 11.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos governor, had in January cancelled a previous appointment procedure, in response to petitions.
A few months later, the governor inaugurated a 13-member governing council for LASU following the report of a special panel constituted to resolve the crisis that marred the process for the appointment of the varsity’s 9th vice-chancellor.
But on Thursday morning Olatunji-Bello was named as LASU’s ninth substantive Vice-Chancellor.
She is married to Tunji Bello, a journalist and lawyer, and the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, and the former Secretary to Lagos State Government and they are blessed with 3 children.
Award-winning actor Mark Ruffalo was born on November 22, 1967, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, of humble means to father Frank Lawrence Ruffalo, a construction painter and Marie Rose (Hebert), a stylist and hairdresser; his father’s ancestry is Italian and his mother is of half French-Canadian and half Italian descent. Mark moved with his family to Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he lived out most of his teenage years. Following high school, Mark moved with his family to San Diego and soon migrated north, eventually settling in Los Angeles.
Mark first took classes at the Stella Adler Conservatory and subsequently co-founded the Orpheus Theatre Company, an Equity-Waiver establishment, where he worked in nearly every capacity. From acting, writing, directing and producing to running the lights and building sets while building his resume.
Moving into film and TV, Mark’s inauspicious movie debut was the drifter role of Christian in the horror opus Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance (1994) and returned to the film series in the role of Joey with Mirror Mirror 3: The Voyeur (1995). He continued on through the 1990’s rather indistinctly with more secondary roles in the horror film The Dentist (1996) starring madman Corbin Bernsen; an amusing perf in the obscure dramedy The Last Big Thing (1996); a third billed role in the Jerry Stiller/Anne Meara bickering senior comedy A Fish in the Bathtub (1998); and the war drama Ceremony… the Ritual of Love (1976) directed by Ang Lee.
Bartending for nearly nearly a decade to make ends meet and discouraged enough to give it up, a chance meeting and resulting collaboration with playwright/screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan approaching the millennium changed everything. Ruffalo won NY success in Lonergan’s 1996 off-Broadway play “This Is Our Youth,” a story about troubled young adults. This led to his male lead in Lonergan’s Oscar-winning film drama You Can Count on Me (2000), playing the ne’er-do-well brother of Laura Linney. The performance drew rave reviews and invited comparisons to an early Marlon Brando.
Ruffalo never looked back. Notable roles in The Last Castle (2001), XX/XY (2002), and Windtalkers (2002) followed, although in 2002 Ruffalo was diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma, a type of brain tumor. Though the tumor was benign, the resulting surgery led to a period of partial facial paralysis, from which he fully recovered. In 2003, Ruffalo scored leading roles alongside two popular female stars, playing a police detective opposite Meg Ryan in In the Cut (2003) and the love interest of Gwyneth Paltrow in the comedy View from the Top (2003).
Though both films were high-profile box office disappointments, Ruffalo went on to four notable (if highly disparate) films in 2004 — We Don’t Live Here Anymore (2004), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), 13 Going on 30 (2004), and Collateral (2004) — which solidified his ability to be both a popular leading man and an acclaimed ensemble player in either comedy or drama.
After 2004, Ruffalo was consistently at work, with leads in popular Hollywood films and independent productions that continued to solidify him as one of film’s most consistently strong actors: Just Like Heaven (2005), All the King’s Men (2006), Zodiac (2007), Reservation Road (2007), and The Brothers Bloom (2008). He also made his Broadway debut as Moe Axelrod in the play “Awake and Sing!”
In 2010 Ruffalo achieved something of a breakthrough, by directing the indie film Sympathy for Delicious (2010), which won him the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and co-starring as the sperm-donor father to lesbian couple Annette Bening and Julianne Moore in The Kids Are All Right (2010). His role in the idiosyncratic domestic comedy/drama earned him Academy Award, Independent Spirit Award, Screen Actors Guild, and BAFTA nominations for Best Supporting Actor. He went on to earn two more Best Supporting Actor nominations as an Olympic-winning wrestling champion in Foxcatcher (2014) and as a journalist working to uncover the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal in Spotlight (2015). In 2017, the actor returned to Broadway in Arthur Miller’s “The Price.”
High-profile roles in Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island (2010) and Longeran’s long-delayed film Margaret (2011) followed before Ruffalo’s appearance as Dr. Bruce Banner, aka The Hulk, in Joss Whedon’s movie blockbuster The Avengers (2012). Garnering highly positive reviews for a role in which actors Eric Bana and Edward Norton could not find success in previous films made Ruffalo a box office action star in addition to a critically-acclaimed actor. He returned to the Banner/Hulk role frequently in such Marvel movies as Iron Man 3 (2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Captain Marvel (2019) and Avengers: Endgame (2019),
Reunited with former co-star Gwyneth Paltrow in the sex-addiction comedy-drama Thanks for Sharing (2012), he went on to earn a Golden Globe nomination for playing a bipolar Dad in Infinitely Polar Bear (2014). Ruffalo also took on the lead in Ryan Murphy’s adaptation of Larry Kramer’s AIDS-drama play The Normal Heart (2014) and earned a SAG Award and Emmy Nomination. He later took home the Emmy playing twin brothers, one a paranoid schizophrenic, in I Know This Much Is True (2020).
Ruffalo has been married to actress Sunrise Coigney since 2000; the couple has three children, a son and two daughters.
At least eight persons were reportedly killed and several others injured in the early hours of Wednesday after a mysterious jet bombarded the Buhari village in Yunusari local government area of Yobe State.
Residents said many of them scampered for safety to avoid being caught in the aerial bombardment.
Yunusari shares a border with the Niger Republic.
A resident, Ali Lawan, told journalists the residents were on their way to their farms and the Geidam weekly market when the incident occurred.
Lawan said the aircraft with a military colour flew in from the eastern part of the town and “fired from east to the west.”
He said: “People were really confused on who launched the attack because the Boko Haram attacks that we all know had never come through aircraft.
“When shots were fired from the aircraft, people ran helter-skelter. Sadly, some were killed while others sustained injuries.”
The residents said 20 people including children were rushed to the Geidam General Hospital, Specialist Hospital, Damaturu, and the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital for treatment
The Chairman of Yunusari LGA, Alhaji Bukar Gaji, also confirmed the incident.
“Yes, it (the aerial bombardment) happened in the early hours of today (Wednesday).
“We received the sad news today and the victims are currently in the hospital receiving treatment.
“We cannot say where the aircraft came from; whether from Niger Republic or Nigerian military, we don’t know. The actual picture can only be given by security forces.”
The spokesman of the state police command, Dungus Abdulkarim, said he heard about the incident.
He, however, said the police had no official statement on the attack.
The Nigerian Air Force spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, who reacted to the report on Twitter, denied that the Force was responsible for the incident.
He, however, said the police had no official statement on the attack.
The Nigerian Air Force spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, who reacted to the report on Twitter, denied that the Force was responsible for the incident.
“This story is false in its entirety. The NAF last conducted a mission into Yobe State (Not Yunusari LGA) on 5 September, 2021. No bomb or missile was even expended. Thanks.”
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya, on Wednesday ordered troop commanders to attack identified hideouts of Boko Haram insurgents and other criminal elements in the Northern part of the country.
Yahaya, who gave directive during the closing ceremony of the Chief of Army Staff Combined Second and Third Quarters Conference 2021 in Abuja, told the commanders to be proactive in their operations.
He vowed that the insurgents and other criminals terrorizing innocent citizens in the country would be treated in the “language they understand.”
The army chief said: “In the past three days, we have generated new strategies that we believe could enhance stability in areas currently witnessing insecurity in the country and the Nigerian Army will end the year 2021 on a high and successful note.
“Henceforth, commanders must be proactive in the conduct of their operations. You must take the fight into the identified and known enclaves of terrorists and criminals to neutralise them.
In the conduct of our operations, commanders must ensure that their troops maintain a state of constant alertness and vigilance at all times to avoid any surprise attack by the adversary.
“Lackadaisical attitudes on the part of commanders would not be tolerated. The Nigerian Army, within the ambit of rule of law, will talk to the terrorists, bandits, kidnappers and other perpetrators of violence in the language they understand.
“I advise those fuelling the crises being witnessed across the country to desist from their unpatriotic acts as we remain committed to ensuring peace returns to every part of the country in no distant time.”
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said on Wednesday the Federal Government and the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) would continue their negotiations on the proposed new hazard allowance for doctors working in government-owned hospitals next week.
The minister, according to a statement issued by the Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations in the ministry, Charles Akpan, stated this at a meeting of the Presidential Committee on Salaries with the leadership of NMA and its affiliates in Abuja.
He recalled that discussion on hazard allowance began with all the health workers in March but along the line, the NMA disagreed on fundamental principles of negotiation with the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU).
He appealed to the NMA and JOHESU to sheath their swords and allow the conclusion of the discussion before the end of September.
Ngige said: “If we conclude the discussion, it is to the health workers’ advantage because it has to be captured in the 2022 budget. The government will also look at its purse and if there is money, the President will sign and it will be a win-win situation for all of us.
Last week, we discussed this with JOHESU. We had a fruitful discussion. It is in that spirit that I am asking you that this should be fruitful so that we can rest the issue of N5,000 hazard allowance.
“In 2020, it was not the NMA and JOHESU who informed the government. It was by our own volition that we invited both sides to the meeting where we handed over special COVID-19 allowances to medical, dental workers, and other allied health workers and we did it seamlessly.
‘I don’t know whether it was because of the fear of COVID-19 that you worked together. Today, the divide is there. Having read the altercation between the NMA and JOHESU, which is in the media, we can’t believe that both of you are managing one patient.
“We are appealing to NMA and JOHESU, let us unite and see how we can navigate this thing. This is the COVID-19 period. Stop this dichotomy between the two bodies. Both of you are managing one patient. It is teamwork. Nobody can do it alone.”
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