Regulating the donkey trade
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Mon Jul 12 2021
I have followed with keen interest the steady progress the bill banning the killing and export of donkeys in Nigeria is making through the maze of the National Assembly. As readers may recall, there was a furore a few years back over the way and manner the population of our donkeys were being ravaged. Actually, ever since the mid-1980s the number of donkeys in both our cities and countryside have been reducing at an alarming rate.
I recall raising the issue in a piece titled:
Donkeys and Nigerian Unity, on 6/6/2017 and a follow-up on 26/11/2019:
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The organised labour has again criticised political office holders over a bill which seeks remove minimum wage negotiations from the exclusive legislative list to the concurrent legislative list.
The National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, during a meeting between the House of Representatives leadership and labour leaders on Tuesday, said restructuring of wages should start with political office holders.
At the meeting were the Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila; Majority Leader, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa; Deputy Majority Leader, Peter Akpatason; sponsor of the bill, Garba Datti Muhammad; and representatives of relevant committees of the House.
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Published 16 March 2021
The leadership of the House of Representatives and the organised labour are now in a meeting over a bill in the House of Representatives seeking an amendment to the 1999 Constitution by removing matters relating to wages from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent Legislative List.
If passed and signed into law, it will decentralise the current national minimum wage solely determined by the Federal Government and allow state and local governments to determine the wage to pay their workers.
At the meeting are the Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila; Majority Leader, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa; Deputy Majority Leader, Peter Akpatason; sponsor of the bill, Garba Datti Muhammad; and representatives of relevant committees of the House.
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Representatives from both sides are seeking to remove matters relating to wages from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent Legislative List.