compromise

French Govt Offer Compromise In Bid To End Transport Strike

January 11, 2020 5:20 pm

France’s government Saturday proposed a compromise to end a crippling transport strike against pension reform, with an offer to withdraw a key proposal on raising the retirement age, but trade unions gave the announcement a mixed welcome.

The overture from Prime Minister Edouard Philippe came as protesters smashed storefronts in clashes with police in Paris, with the transport shutdown against the pension overhaul dragging into its sixth week.

“I am willing to withdraw from the bill the short-term measure I had proposed,” said Philippe, offering to scrap the most contested initiative that would in effect have raised the retirement age …

Compromise Detected In Lagos-Ibadan Rail Project

December 21, 2019 9:56 am

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Friday ordered stoppage of work at Omi-Adio Railway Station under construction on Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line over compromise of standards by the contractor.

Amaechi gave the directive when he observed the non-usage of stone for flooring at the station during his monthly inspection tour of the project, NAN reports.

“One of the benefits of this inspection is what is happening here now. Now, the contractor has been seeing to be doing very poor quality job in this station. We say stop and they have to start afresh.

“The implication is that if …

Trump ‘Willing To Compromise US Security’

December 4, 2019 2:28 pm

Democrats accused President Donald Trump of a readiness to sell out US national security to bolster his 2020 reelection effort as hearings opened Wednesday to draw up impeachment charges against the US leader.

But in a fiery start to the House Judiciary Committee’s review of the evidence, Republicans countered that Democrats were trying to reverse the 2016 election that brought Trump to power and were pushing towards impeachment without due process.

Trump “directly and explicitly invited foreign interference in our elections,” said House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler, referring to Trump’s effort to get dirt on his Democratic rivals from …