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ZAMFARA SPEAKER WRITES LABOUR UNIONS TO SUSPEND PEACEFUL RALLY

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12 months ago

April 1, 2022

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Speaker of Zamfara state house of Assembly has urged the members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to suspend their planned peaceful protest scheduled for April 1st 2022 over unresolved labour matters between them and state Government.

According to a letter written by the Deputy Clerk Muhammad Aliyu dated 31/03/2022 with reference number ZMHA/LEG/032/VOL.1/16 a copy obtained by this medium stated that, the Speaker promised to mediate and report progress to the leadership of the unions within two weeks.

It could be recalled that the leadership of the Zamfara NLC has written a letter to the Speaker of the state house of assembly with reference number NLC/ZSC/ADM/RALLY/VOL 1/23 dated 30th March 2022 notifying him of their intent to proceed with their planned peaceful demonstration against the state government on the 1st of April 2022.

Part of the agitation by the Zamfara NLC included non implementation of (N30,000) minimum wage, delay in the payment of monthly pension to retirees, non settlement of the backlog of gratuity among other things.

It could also be recalled that, the NLC has paid a courtesy visit to the state Deputy Governor where they sought for his intervention over labour crises between them and the state government.

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FMR. ZAMFARA SPEAKER SCORES (229) TO DELIVERS POLING

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1 week ago

March 18, 2023

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Former Speaker of Zamfara House of Assembly Sanusi Garba Rikiji of the APC has scored a total of (229) votes to defeat the PDP who polls (61) votes only.

His poling unit is Rumfar Galadima (013) in Gusau the capital city of Zamfara State.

As for the result of the state house of assembly in his poling units, APC scored a total of (232) to defeat the PDP who polls (51) votes.

Rikiji is currently the house of reps candidate for Gusau and Tsafe in the 2023 election, whose election was declared inclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

He is contesting the seat together with the serving members Kabiru Amadu Mai Palace, who is from the opposition PDP.

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CHAIR ZBIRS, WORKS COMMISSIONER, DELIVERS POLING UNITS

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1 week ago

March 18, 2023

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The Chairman of Zamfara State Board of Internal Revenue Service, Ali Akilu Dama Bungudu has also delivered his poling unit.

His party the APC scored a total (173) to defeat the PDP who scored (111) votes.

Similar votes were also recorded for both political parties at the level of State assembly elections.

Similarly, Zamfara State Commissioner for Works Rabiu Garba Gusau has delivered his poling units with a wide margin to defeat the PDP.

APC scored (96) votes to defeat the opposition People’s Democratic Party, which scored (16) votes for both the Governorship election and state assembly for Gusau (1) at his poling unit.

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SHA’AYAU S. PAWA MAFARA SCORES (502) VOTES TO DEFEAT PDP WITH ZERO VOTE.

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1 week ago

March 18, 2023

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A political ally of former Governor Yari Sha’ayau Yusuf S. Paws has defeated PDP in his Township Primary school poling unit in Talatar Marafa local government area of Zamfara State.

According to an official result sheet, the politician who is a member of All Progressives Congress (APC) scored (502) votes to defeat the PDP who scored (0) votes.

The politician has made history since 2015 by maintaining the only poling units which opposition party has never won a single vote during election.

He repeated the same history during the 2023 Presidential and national assembly elections conducted three weeks back, when PDP failed to score a single vote.