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Kogi civil servants begging to feed, says NLC

Civil servants in Kogi State now beg to feed their families, due to non-payment of their monthly emoluments, according to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) lamented yesterday.

The state chairman of NLC, Onuh Edoka, at the seventh quadrennial delegates’ conference in Lokoja, appealed to the state government to do something urgently to reverse the trend.

Edoka maintained that the civil servants were owed between seven and 30 months in salaries, a situation he said made it impossible for them to pay their bills.

He also regretted that workers were being owed their leave bonuses, while promotion exercise carried out by …

Sudan protesters plan ‘million march’ for civil rule

Sudanese protest leaders Wednesday mounted pressure on the country’s military council by calling for a million people to march to demand power be handed over to a civilian administration.

“We are calling for a million (people to) march on Thursday,” said Ahmed al-Rabia, a senior leader of the Sudanese Professionals Association, the umbrella group that launched protests against deposed president Omar al-Bashir in December.

In a separate statement, the SPA said the march calls for “civilian rule” in Sudan, the central demand of protesters since the army ousted Bashir on April 11.

The demonstrations began in the central town of