The Yobe State government has uncovered about 15,000 faceless personnel at the councils in the state.
According to the Head of Service (HOS), Alhaji Dauda Yahaya, yesterday in Damaturu, “following the directive of Governor Ibrahim Gaidam to conduct an “audit and verification” exercise of council workers in the state with biometric system, over 15, 000 council workers are faceless.”
The wage bills of workers, he disclosed, however dropped from about N2 billion to N1.2 billion, saving N800 million.
Yahaya added that after terminating the appointments of 287 contract workers, the committee also recommended the retirements of 1,176 workers from the state civil service
MINISTER OF FINANCE WARNS OF ECONOMIC RECCESSEION Abuja — Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has warned of a difficult time ahead as she told the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja, yesterday, that “government should buckle up and prepare for a possible recession” in the economy.
Her warning came on the heels of the approval of a new visa regime by the Federal Executive Council.
Finance Minister, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala discussing with the Health Minister, Dr. Christian Chukwu (l); Housing Minister, Ms. Amal Pepple and the Solid Minerals Development Minister, Arc. Musa Sada during the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council at the State House,
LAGOS—There will be no mass burial of victims of the Dana air crash even though mass burial has been the order of the day in situations of disasters in the country in the past.
This resolution came to light as the final autopsies on the bodies ended at the Lekan Ogunsola Memorial Mortuary, Ikeja.
The ruling out of mass burial was highlighted yesterday evening, following a top management meeting held at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH.
At the meeting attended by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris; the Commissioner for Special Duties, Dr. Wale Ahmed and the Chief Medical Director, Professor Wale Oke, to update information on the on-going processes at the mortuary, it was resolved that mass burial is not the best approach to handling crises that involve investigations and probes.
Vanguard gathered from a reliable source at the health institution, that the report of the meeting, which is to be presented to Governor Babatunde Fashola at a meeting scheduled for today (Thursday), specifically observes that firstly, for the sake of relatives of the victims, every family would love to bury their loved ones that died because it is part of the cultural attachment in our society.
Lagos gets foster parents for crash victims’ children
Lagos State Government has concluded plans to hand over the three children that lost their parents in the Dana air crash in Iju, Ishaga, Lagos, to foster parents.
The three children-Joel Okwuchukwu (11), Chisom Okwuchukwu (9), and Esther Okwuchukwu (7), were all residents of No. 12 Olaniyi Street, a two-storey building that was hit by Dana Airline plane on penultimate Sunday. They lost their parents, Jeremiah and Josephine in the mishap.
The plight of the children attracted the attention of Lagos State Governor Babaunde Fashola and other people who visited the scene of the plane crash after they declared that they could not find their parents.
The children had said they did not know the house of any of their parents’ relatives and claimed to know just one Uncle Tony Okechukwu that lived in Abuja.
Fashola, who took the children to the Government House, had promised to give them an environment of love that would hasten their healing. The state promised to take care of the children until their relatives were located.
But sources close to the late Okwuchukwu told our correspondent on Wednesday that the state government had concluded arrangement with a couple who will act as foster parents to the children.
The source, who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on behalf of either the government or the family, said, “As at two days ago when we had a meeting with the deputy governor, she told us that the children would be handed over to their new parents anytime from now.’’
According to the source, government had held a series of meetings with family members of the deceased and their pastor with a view to agreeing on the best way to rehabilitate the children. He said the younger brother of the children’s father was still young and couldn’t afford to take care of the children.
“Other family members wanted to take the children but government was more concerned about getting the children settled in a family that has the means to take very good care of them.
“But at our last meeting, the deputy governor told us that they’ve got a well-to-do family to take care of them,’’ he added.
YOBE STATE GOVERNMENT UNCOVERS GHOST WORKERS
ReplyDeleteThe Yobe State government has uncovered about 15,000 faceless personnel at the councils in the state.
According to the Head of Service (HOS), Alhaji Dauda Yahaya, yesterday in Damaturu, “following the directive of Governor Ibrahim Gaidam to conduct an “audit and verification” exercise of council workers in the state with biometric system, over 15, 000 council workers are faceless.”
The wage bills of workers, he disclosed, however dropped from about N2 billion to N1.2 billion, saving N800 million.
Yahaya added that after terminating the appointments of 287 contract workers, the committee also recommended the retirements of 1,176 workers from the state civil service
MINISTER OF FINANCE WARNS OF ECONOMIC RECCESSEION
ReplyDeleteAbuja — Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has warned of a difficult time ahead as she told the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja, yesterday, that “government should buckle up and prepare for a possible recession” in the economy.
Her warning came on the heels of the approval of a new visa regime by the Federal Executive Council.
Finance Minister, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala discussing with the Health Minister, Dr. Christian Chukwu (l); Housing Minister, Ms. Amal Pepple and the Solid Minerals Development Minister, Arc. Musa Sada during the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council at the State House,
DANA:Government says no mass burial for victims
ReplyDeleteLAGOS—There will be no mass burial of victims of the Dana air crash even though mass burial has been the order of the day in situations of disasters in the country in the past.
This resolution came to light as the final autopsies on the bodies ended at the Lekan Ogunsola Memorial Mortuary, Ikeja.
The ruling out of mass burial was highlighted yesterday evening, following a top management meeting held at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH.
At the meeting attended by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris; the Commissioner for Special Duties, Dr. Wale Ahmed and the Chief Medical Director, Professor Wale Oke, to update information on the on-going processes at the mortuary, it was resolved that mass burial is not the best approach to handling crises that involve investigations and probes.
Vanguard gathered from a reliable source at the health institution, that the report of the meeting, which is to be presented to Governor Babatunde Fashola at a meeting scheduled for today (Thursday), specifically observes that firstly, for the sake of relatives of the victims, every family would love to bury their loved ones that died because it is part of the cultural attachment in our society.
Lagos gets foster parents for crash victims’ children
ReplyDeleteLagos State Government has concluded plans to hand over the three children that lost their parents in the Dana air crash in Iju, Ishaga, Lagos, to foster parents.
The three children-Joel Okwuchukwu (11), Chisom Okwuchukwu (9), and Esther Okwuchukwu (7), were all residents of No. 12 Olaniyi Street, a two-storey building that was hit by Dana Airline plane on penultimate Sunday. They lost their parents, Jeremiah and Josephine in the mishap.
The plight of the children attracted the attention of Lagos State Governor Babaunde Fashola and other people who visited the scene of the plane crash after they declared that they could not find their parents.
The children had said they did not know the house of any of their parents’ relatives and claimed to know just one Uncle Tony Okechukwu that lived in Abuja.
Fashola, who took the children to the Government House, had promised to give them an environment of love that would hasten their healing. The state promised to take care of the children until their relatives were located.
But sources close to the late Okwuchukwu told our correspondent on Wednesday that the state government had concluded arrangement with a couple who will act as foster parents to the children.
The source, who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on behalf of either the government or the family, said, “As at two days ago when we had a meeting with the deputy governor, she told us that the children would be handed over to their new parents anytime from now.’’
According to the source, government had held a series of meetings with family members of the deceased and their pastor with a view to agreeing on the best way to rehabilitate the children. He said the younger brother of the children’s father was still young and couldn’t afford to take care of the children.
“Other family members wanted to take the children but government was more concerned about getting the children settled in a family that has the means to take very good care of them.
“But at our last meeting, the deputy governor told us that they’ve got a well-to-do family to take care of them,’’ he added.
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ReplyDeleteeconomic reccession, we need to act.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the government doing about this?
ReplyDeleteEconomic recession? Hmn it's everywhere, in goverment, even in HOMES...
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