The minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, says the federal government is yet to place ban on any country as it continues to battle with the outbreak of coronavirus in the country.

Ehanire disclosed this in Abuja during a conference with the diplomatic community about measures taken by the Federal Government to tackle the spread of Covid-19 in Nigeria.

He, however, warned Nigerian citizens from traveling to endemic countries including China, Japan, Italy, South Korea, and Iran.

 

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has promised to review the ongoing two weeks warning strike following the intervention of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila.

The National President of ASUU, Professor Abiodun Ogunyemi, made this known at a meeting with the speaker at the National Assembly Complex on Thursday in Abuja, which was aimed at halting the strike.

He said that the union would consult with its various structures across different universities in the country and get back to the speaker  “early next week”.

Ogunyemi said it has become public knowledge that government could not respect the 2009 agreement it reached with the union.

On the agreement reached between ASUU and the Federal Government in 2009, Gbajabiamila said he wondered why the government could not meet its commitment for more than 10 years after it signed the document.

 

The House of Representatives has invited the Minister of Education, Labour and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to find a lasting solution to ongoing warning strike by the union.

 

This was sequel to the unanimous adoption of a motion of Urgent Matters of Public Importance by Dachung Bagos (PDP-Plateau) during plenary.

 

Moving the motion, Bagos said ASUU had on March 9, after its National Executive Council meeting (NEC) held in Enugu embarked on a two-week warning strike.

 

BAGOS said schools had just resumed and if the strike is allowed to take full effect, it would cost many students extra academic year.

 

President Muhammadu Buhari says N3.7billion has been recovered from Niger Delta Development Commission contractors.

 

He explained that the recovery was made by anti-graft agencies looking into the operations of the NDDC.

 

The president spoke in Abuja while inaugurating the NDDC Advisory Committee at the State House, Abuja.

 

The committee comprises the nine governors of the Niger Delta region, and the Ministers of Niger Delta Affairs and Environment.

 

The president charged the committee to discharge the new assignment diligently and effectively, while working closely with the relevant ministries.

 

President Buhari said in addition to the N3.7billion cash, various assets worth billions of Naira were also recovered from some contractors and former Directors of the Commission.