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The former leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Oyo state, Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi also known as Auxiliary, has reiterated his claim to ascending leadership of the body in Oyo state after the expiration of the Ajimobi administration.

Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi (Auxiliary) made this known today while featuring on a current affairs programme on Splash Fm, In Ibadan. He noted that nothing can stop him from being the leader of the body.

According to them, the current leadership of the transport outfit came into force in 2011 following the emergence of the Ajimobi administration. They, Auxiliary and his followers, were sent packing from the main office at Iwo road.

With the Ajimobi administration running out on their tenure, the angling for the leadership of the often volatile union body has heated up particularly due to the emergence of the PDP candidate Engr Seyi Makinde There has been bickering over who controls the body after May 29 handing over date and the inauguration of the Seyi Makinde Administration.

The incumbent chairman of the Union in the state Alhaji Abideen Olajide popularly known as Ejiogbe who took over the mantle of leadership following the demise of the former chairman Alhaji Taofeek Oyerinde also known as Fele, has expressed ambivalence about the possibility of Auxiliary emerging as the new leader of the union in the state stating that the fate of Auxiliary is dependent on the national leadership led by Alhaji Najeem Usman Yassin.

However, Auxiliary has remains adamant that he will take over the leadership of the union once Engr. Seyi Makinde is sworn in as Governor stating that whatever the Governor recommends to the national leadership will be acted upon. Auxiliary is believed to have worked for the emergence of The PDP candidate at the recently held election.

The Elections petition Tribunal has declared the Peoples Democratic Party PDP candidate Sen. Ademola Adeleke has the duly elected Governor of Osun state.

The tribunal made up of a three man panel led by Justice Ibrahim Sirajo gave its judgment today , Friday, in Abuja, stating that the supplementary election held on the 23rd Sept. 2018 was illegal therefore the votes scored thereof was illegal

The tribunal therefore deducted the votes scored by both parties in the rerun election from the total number of votes making the PDP flag bearer the winner of the election.

In the judgment read by Justice Peter Obiora, the rerun election was deemed illegal because the state returning officer has no power to cancel the election in the seven polling units in the four local governments that the rerun election was held.

The tribunal had earlier dismissed the preliminary objection which was filed by the APC and INEC challenging Adeleke’s petition has lacking merit.

The tribunal has therefore order INEC to withdraw the certificate given to Oyetola and issue the certificate of return to Adeleke as the duly elected Governor of Osun state.

Meanwhile the streets of Oshogbo and Ede has been agog has people were seen jubilating on the street. Some person in their reaction lauded the judgment of the tribunal as a true reflection of the wishes of the people.

The Presidential candidate of the PDP at the just concluded General election, Atiku Abubakar has lauded the ruling as a welcome development. He congratulated Sen. Ademola Adeleke while commending the judiciary as the last hope of the masses. According to him, “Truly, the Judiciary is the last hope of the common man and the defender of our democracy. Congratulations Sen. Ademola Adeleke”.

The Nigerian Labour Congress has urged the government at all levels to begin the implementation of the new national minimum wage following approval by the Senate.
The Upper chamber of the National Assembly today passed the 30,000 minimum wage bill following the footstep of the House of Representatives which had earlier passed the bill.
Acting President of the NLC, Comrade Najeem Yasin made this plea while commended the Senate for passing the bill into law
According to him “We commend the senate for the quick passage. But it is not yet over because we want them to make sure that the process gets to the logical conclusion and for the quick implementation of that N30, 000.
“We stand by the N75, 000 punishment for employers who fail to implement the law which has been passed. We have been fighting for this N30, 000 for a long time and the governors have been opposed to it. But now, it has been passed. Nigerian workers are now looking forward to the signing of the bill into law.
“We want them to start implementing it before the May Day celebration so that Nigerian workers can have good reasons to celebrate.”

The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has revealed that Biometric Verification Mode (BVM) will be used to verify any candidate sitting for the 2019 examination. This according to him is part of the new innovations and measures put in place for the successful conduct of the 2019 UTME exam.

Dr Oloyede made this known in Abuja on Monday at the meeting of critical stakeholders on strategic planning and preparations for supervision and evaluation of administration of 2019 UTME slated to hold between April 11 and April 15.

According to him, a robust item backed with appropriate safeguard had been developed by moving toward open examination with one million questions per subject which would soon be effected.

“A separate indicator had also been created for the deaf (mute) to differentiate them for special attention at the examination centre. Efforts are on to provide option of special centres or mainstreaming for the blind.

“We now have live report on centres that registered any candidate, the time the candidate was registered, who registered the candidate, computer system used, and the location of registration.

“All these are done through our enhanced monitoring system. I want to warn candidates expected to sit for its examination to ensure their biometrics were taken and verified or risk sitting for the examination,’’ he said.

He called on candidates to comply with the rules of engagement governing the registration and examination of the UTME.

According to him, biometric verification will be the only mode for admittance of candidates into the examination centres. He added that increasing threat of identity fraud during the UTME before the advent of BVM necessitated its introduction for capturing the biometrics of candidates to counter fraud.

“Any candidate that cannot be verified by the Biometric Verification Mode (BVM) must not be allowed to take the examination under any guise.

“All candidates whose fingerprints could not be captured during registration from centres across the country were brought to JAMB Headquarters and were registered appropriately.

“In other words, exemption mode is not allowed for any candidate. Therefore, no biometric verification, no examination,” Oloyede warned.

The Registrar added that the use of email/password would not be allowed by cyber cafe operators as it had now been classified as an offence for cyber cafe to ask for password before rendering services.

Dr Oloyede said the board held an international round-table on cheating devices in December 2017 where various technology devices used for examination further said that Automated Teller Machine (ATM) was added to the list of prohibited items during its examinations.

He said other items prohibited are wristwatches, recorders, earpieces, mobile phones, Bluetooth devices, smart lenses, erasers, smart buttons and spy reading glasses, among others.

The Registrar said the board had approved the use of 708 Computer Based Test (CBT) centres across the country for the conduct of the examination.