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NLC, TUC set for nationwide strike over FG move to remove minimum wage from exclusive list NLC, TUC set for nationwide strike over FG move to remove minimum wage from exclusive list
• Begin national protest on Wednesday 10, March
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The organised labour – Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) – is set to embark on a nationwide strike over the move by the National Assembly to remove the issue of National Minimum Wage from the Exclusive Legislative List, describing the move as a ploy to allow some state governors to pay slave wages to the poor and hapless workers.
My desire to speak fluent English made me enrol in JSS2 – 50-year-old Kwara widow
Published 20 February 2021
A 50-year-old widow in Ilorin, Kwara State, Mrs Folashade Ajayi, recently caused a stir after enrolling as a Junior Secondary School 2 student at the Ilorin Grammar School. In this interview with
TUNDE OYEKOLA
What is your name?
My name is Folashade Ajayi. I am from Iludun-Oro in the Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. I live at Orelope Street, Odota Area, Ilorin.
Why did you decide to go to school at this age?
I have always loved to go to school but I did not have the opportunity (when I was young). Because of my love for education, I had earlier enrolled at the Government Agency for Mass Literacy where I obtained a certificate in adult education. I attended adult education class in 2017. Then, I decided to further and that is why I am here today. I took the Primary School Leaving Certificate Examination at Government High School, Adeta, Ilorin in 2017.
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Students wearing face masks sing the national anthem in class at Yio Chu Kang Secondary School, as schools reopen amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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SINGAPORE: Monday (Jan 4) marks the start of a new school year – at least for Primary 1 and Kindergarten 1 kids.
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Advertisement Mdm Sarimah Amat was named Yishunite of the Year for her contributions to the community.
Mdm Sarimah Amat playing with her grandson at her Yishun flat. (Photo: Aqil Haziq Mahmud)
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SINGAPORE: Mdm Sarimah Amat, 53, was bathing her second foster child, a cheerful four-year-old boy with infantile epilepsy, when she made a decision she would soon regret.
The homemaker had tried to keep the playful boy from falling, but it was she who fell in the bathroom instead. Mdm Sarimah hurt her knee and inflamed an old injury, and she decided this was the final straw.