Oshiomhole pleads with APC governors to implement N30,000 minimum wage

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Adams
Oshiomhole, has pleaded with all APC state governors to implement
the N30,000 minimum wage and the consequential adjustments.

Oshiomhole made the plea on Monday in Jos at the Federal
Government- Progressives Governors Forum parley in Jos.

“As progressives, let us be the first to pay the new national
minimum wage and not just the wage but also the consequential
adjustments arising from it.

“Already, there are some proactive progressive governors that
have taken steps to address this.

“I plead that you give this a priority, because when other
governors are fighting whether or not to pay, you will say that
progressive governors have paid.

“Where there is will, there will certainly be away,” he
said.

The APC national chairman also called on the APC governors to
support border closure by the Federal Government.

He said that the nation’s borders should remain closed until
neighbouring countries follow the protocols of fair trade.

Oshiomole in an interview with journalists, also lends his
support to financial autonomy for local governments in the
country.

He said that local government autonomy was not negotiable.

According to him, just as the Federal Government does not
control state governor on how to manage his money, so should the
state governors allow the local governments to function.

He added that local governments should be allowed to operate the
same way states operate with the Federal Government exercising
oversight function.

“Local governments should be autonomous, but autonomy doesn’t
mean there should not be oversight.

“The same way the Federal Government goes after a state Governor
that breaks the financial rule, the same way state governor should
go after local government that mismanages revenue that accrues to
it,” he said.

Justify Promotions With Honesty, Hardwork, Saidu Tells
Officers

The Customs Area Controller of Area II Command, Onne Port Rivers
State, Comptroller Aliyu Galadima Saidu has asked newly promoted
officers in the command to justify their elevations with honesty
and hardwork.

Saidu who gave this charge while decorating newly promoted
officers in his Command with their new ranks , said promotions are
clarion calls to higher responsibilities.

An elated Comptroller Saidu stated that as expectations are high
from promoted officers and all operatives of the command.

“From this moment you should also see yourselves as role models
to your subordinates , leading by example and keeping to directives
as contained in the Customs and Excise Management Act including
other books of instruction.

“The Controller General and Nigeria demands more dedication to
duty from us and the motivation of promotion should spur us to do
more while also encouraging or stakeholders to be compliant at all
times ” Saidu said at the brief decoration ceremony.

For those that are yet to be promoted, the Controller urged them
to be unrelenting in steadfastness as other opportunities for
promotion will come their way.

“I am optimistic we will have to come together and celebrate
again because some other officers will also be promoted
“.Continuing, he stressed that with the caliber of officers here
“the revenue target and goals of 2019, Will be achieved in few
weeks time. Don’t wait till the end of the year “Saidu
admonished.

In his good-will message, the commandant Nigeria Navy school
Onne, Commodore A. Olodudu also enjoined the newly promoted
officers to see their promotion as divine, stating that “Promotion
comes from God through the Headquarters”

He added that not everybody has the opportunity to be promoted
but those who should see it as a privilege and owe a lot of
responsibilities to the country as according to him,”to whom much
is given, much is expected”

While urging them to use their promotion to impact positively on
their families. He however, advised those not promoted not to down
tools but to see it as motivation. “Those not opportuned today,
don’t down tools, if not now, it will be later. Let it motivate you
to put more than what you have put before, celebrate those we are
celebrating today and work as one body to make Nigeria great ”

On her part, the Comptroller immigration, Onne E. I. B. Inok
charged the officers to be more humane and show more understanding
to the people they left behind. Insisting that all the officers
promoted should be more productive and hardworking and always show
gratitude to the Customs leadership for what it has done.

Responding on behalf of the newly promoted officers, Deputy
Comptroller Timinadi Bomodi, expressed happiness for the honour
done them while promising the Nigerian Customs Service especially
the Comptroller General of customs Col. Hammed Ibrahim Ali (retd
)of their unalloyed commitment and “to match expectations with hard
work”

Recall that Nigerian customs Service had recently announced
promotion of officers including one Deputy comptroller General of
Customs , three Assistant Comptrollers General of Customs and the
promotion of 2,508 officers to various ranks out of which 19 of
them were promoted at the Customs Area II Command Onne.

Ifeoma Onuigbo Ojekwu
Customs Public Relations Officer
Portharcourt Area ll Command, Onne Port