Hon. Ibrahim Salihu Sadiq
The Senate on Wednesday revisited the sexual harassment bill
which was sponsored by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central) and passed
by the 8th Senate. The Bill which was introduced by the 8th Senate in October
2016 seeks a five-year jail term and five million naira fine for lecturers
convicted for sexually harassing male or female students.
Ikara local government council of Kaduna state has commenced
payment of N30,000 minimum wage to his workers from 4th October, 2019. The
chairman of the council, Hon. Ibrahim Salihu Sadiq, disclosed this in a
statement signed by his Special Adviser on media, Abdulmajid Hussaini. He said
the gesture was to consolidate on Governor Nasiru El-Rufa’is effort to
strengthen the public service and its capacity to deliver quality and
responsive service in the state.
“I must confess that I was encouraged and motivated by the
bold step taken by my Executive Governor, Nasiru Ahmed El-rufa’i, to fulfill
the promise made to workers in the state, which is for the benefit and
development of common man in the state,” he said.
The chairman, according to the statement, also assured that
equity, justice and transparency would be the watchwords of his administration.
He also implored the workers to demonstrate high level of
commitment, steadfastness, and persistence in the discharge of their duties,
and promised to improve the general welfare of the entire workforce.
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