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2020 Budget: Showdown Looms In House Of Reps

November 11, 2019 6:21 am

A showdown is dangling over the House of Representatives following alleged allotment of constituency projects to principal officers in the 2020 budget besides their share of votes allocated for projects in the Zonal Intervention Projects (ZIP).

A member of the House, who declined to be named told Daily Sun that aside projects due to principal officers from ZIP, “they already have a number of projects included for them in the budget” before President Muhammadu Buhari presented estimates to a joint session of the National Assembly on October 8.

The development has not gone down well with members, especially ranking lawmakers, …

ASUU Prepares For Showdown With Government Over IPPIS

October 21, 2019 4:34 am

The peace in universities in the country may be disturbed as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is poised for a showdown with the federal government over the planned imposition of Integrated Personnel Payroll System (IPPIS) on its members.

We learnt that the leaders of the union had summoned an emergency National Executive Council where it was agreed that the leadership of the union at chapter level should begin mobilisation of members for an action against the Muhammadu Buhari-led government.

The present administration had reportedly directed that any worker not on the IPPIS would no longer receive salary.

ASUU …

DSS, Police, IMN set for showdown today

September 10, 2019 4:41 am

The Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria Police and the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) yesterday appeared set for a showdown as they traded words over the sect’s planned procession scheduled to take place today.

While the police warned that the planned religious procession by the Sheik Ibrahim el-Zakzaky-led IMN would be considered illegal in view of the fact that the organisation remained proscribed, the DSS alleged plot by what it described as some subversive groups and individuals within and outside the country to undermine national security. It warned that the full weight of the law would be brought to …