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Workers of the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday accused the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System of effecting illegal deductions on their February salaries.
The workers, in separate interviews and written complaints, called for the refund of the deductions and a thorough investigation into what they said was a scam.
They accused IPPIS, the body charged with paying the wages of federal workers, of colluding with perpetrators of the scam, and urged leaders of their unions to take up the matter with the concerned authorities.
Collins Yakubu-Hammer, the Acting Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalist, NAN Chapel, Abuja, described the deductions as “strange, illegal and unacceptable”.
U.S. vows action against election riggers in Uganda
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The United States (U.S.) has said it will take action against anti-democratic forces and human rights abusers in Uganda following Thursday s general elections in the country.
The U.S. position came in a statement by the Department of State through its spokesperson, Ms Morgan Ortagus, on Saturday.
Ortagus said the government was “deeply troubled” by credible reports of “security force violence” and election irregularities before and during the polls.
She called for independent investigations into the allegations, and urged the Ugandan government to hold accountable security agents responsible for violence and abuses.
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