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El-Rufai vs NLC: Kaduna Governor comes under scrutiny in aftermath of faceoff with Labour

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai has increasingly being in the news lately, as Nigerians continue to scrutinise his claims of being a democrat.

Though Kaduna has always been in the news largely due to insecurity that pervades the State, resulting in mass abduction of students and killings especially in the Southern part of the State, the events of last week, seem to have more than ever, put the former FCT Minister under the spotlight.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had mobilized workers in Kaduna State for a five-day warning strike to protest the mass sacking of workers by the el-Rufai administration, especially the planned sacking of seven thousand workers from the state’s local government areas workforce.

Though planned by labour to be a total strike that will completely lock down both social and economic activities in the State, Governor el-Rufai did not know how effective and crippling the strike could be until it took off.

True to labour’s plan, Kaduna was shut down! Electricity was gone, banking stopped, transportation both by air and rail halted while workers from every other sector, including health and education stayed away from work, both in the private and public institutions.

Alarmed by the crippling effect of the strike, Governor el-Rufai, though pretending to be unruffled, tagged the NLC and its leaders economic saboteurs and declaring them wanted. He went a step further to order the blanket sack of all nurses in the state from grade level 13 downwards and also threatened to sack lecturers of the state university if they failed to show up for work, among other workers in the state.

For many Nigerians, el-Rufai was simply power-drunk and behaving like an emperor over a conquered territory in a democracy. His actions and utterances before and during the strike, many believed, brought to the fore, his real nature and disposition to governance, wondering how a governor can unilaterally declare leaders of the NLC, especially its President, Ayuba Wabba wanted, and declaring that he would be tried under the Miscellaneous Offences Act.

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Ex Deputy Governor And Former Speaker Resign From PDP In Imo

A Former deputy govenor in Imo state, Southeast Nigeria, Gerald Irona has resigned as a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Lifestyle Nigeria reports that the former deputy govenor announced his resignation in a letter addressed to the PDP ward chairman in Oguta, Oguta LGA of the state.

Irona attributed his decision to quit the party to the “dissatisfaction with the current situation of things” in the PDP.

“I regret that the party has deviated significantly from the noble principles established by its founding fathers,” the letter reads.

Lawman Duruji, a former speaker of the Imo state house of assembly, has also quit the party.

Others who also exited the opposition party in Imo include Nze Biaduo, state organising secretary; Pascal Uzor, vice-chairman (Owerri zone); and Charles Awurum, a Nollywood actor.

The politicians are the latest in a gale of defections that have hit the PDP in the south-east state.

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Anambra Girls ICT Competition – .

Girls of St. John Vianney Science College, Igbariam, Anambra State, have emerged winners of the National Girls in ICT Competition 2024, claiming the national championship title.

. reports that the National Girls in ICT Competition, organized by the Federal Ministry of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, is a technology innovation competition for all girls in secondary schools across Nigeria.

The college’s innovative project, M-Tag VR, allows users to explore iconic landmarks like Zuma Rock and learn about the fascinating cultural aspects of Nigerian tribes.

The girls, Immaculate Ikegwuonu, Camilla Anyadike, and Nweke-Nonso Oluchi, mentored by their coach, John Onuigbo, triumphed over teams from all 36 states of the federation in the competition which held on Wednesda.

The girls started the competition at the state level, where they won the Anambra State competition, then proceeded to conquer the South-Eastern regional championship, defeating teams from Ebonyi, Imo, Abia, and Enugu states, to make it to the national finals.

The organizers said their exceptional project and skills impressed judges throughout, culminating in a thrilling national victory against strong contenders from the six geopolitical zones of the country.

Rivers and Lagos states secured the second and third-place positions, respectively.

Speaking on Thursday, one of the girls, Immaculate Ikegwuonu, expressed excitement, saying, “We are so grateful for this opportunity! Thanks to our school which motivates us to pursue careers in ICT. Through this win, we hope to inspire other girls to do the same.”

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Meet Wissal Samlali, Multicultural Health Worker Changing The Face Of Service Delivery In Africa, Others

Wissal Samlali is a health worker, advocate, consultant, humanitarian, volunteer and philanthropist, with over a decade of committed service in the health sector, spanning various continent of the world but much of her years devoted to enhancing service delivery in Africa health sector. 

Her training surpasses offering medical services at a zero condition but doing so as if it is her last chance to serve humanity. She relates with every patient with an endearing kind heart that leaves a lasting footprint in the minds of those she counters with. 

After attending French high school in Morocco, she pursued university studies in North America, earning a master’s degree in International Relations from British Columbia. 

At the moment, she works for and represents a renowned Turkish Health Hub, Liv Hospital as Buisiness development group deputy manager, an office that has availed her the opportunity to travel across Africa from East to West for several years, witnessing first hand their peculiar needs, while serving as the mouthpiece, amplifying these challenges and attracting the needed response from the right quarters to bridge the number of under-served African communities. 

Wissal is leading partnership strategies, creating alliances with the large health hub — Liv Hospital in Turkey and various African governments, with mastery of corporate organizational development coupled with in-depth expertise in the medical sector.

She was quoted as saying during one of her engagements in West Africa, “Health is an essential driver of development, just like petroleum or trade, if we know how to allocate resources effectively.”

Her last ten years of practicing in the field of medicine has not only taken her to five continents of the world, but has given her a first hand information on what the profession entails in both public and private health institutions. 

Wissal has worked in collaboration with different health ministries across Africa to find adapted solutions to specific problems. Hear her at another occasion during her plethora of engagements on the continent, “Africa has everything; let’s work together so that the best can emerge and become our daily life.”

Apart from sharing her in-depth expertise in the medical field and local health needs, capitalizing on projects aimed at making the health sector in Africa productive, her carefully thought-out development objective for Africa also include, restructuring the medical health sector as well as achieving operational efficiency by optimizing care.

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