14 March 2025
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Women Groups Want Akpabio to Step Down, Demand Investigation into Alleged Sexual Harassment Saga

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Women Groups Want Akpabio to Step Down, Demand Investigation into Alleged Sexual Harassment Saga …call for public hearing by Senate Committee on Ethics, for transparency, accountability Members of WOMANIFESTO, a coalition of over 350 women’s rights advocates, practitioners, and activists, have expressed deep concern over recent developments in the National Assembly. Their concerns is contained in a statement by the Co-convener of Womanifesto, Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi. Some of the demands of the Women Groups according to the statement are: – Senator Godswill Akpabio must step down as Senate President immediately. – An immediate investigation into the allegations of sexual harassment…

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N70,000 New Minimum Wage Applies To Domestic Workers — Akpabio

Wendy R.

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has announced that the newly approved minimum wage applies to all workers across both public and private sectors, including maids and other domestic staff. Akpabio stated this during the plenary session on Tuesday. The bill was speedily passed by both chambers of the National Assembly just after it was transmitted by President Bola Tinubu. Speaking during the plenary, the Senate President said, “If you are a tailor and you employ additional hands, you cannot pay them below N70,000. If you are a mother with a newborn child and you want to hire a housemaid to look…

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Akpabio Swears Lalong In, Declares Umahi, Giadam Seats Vacant

Wendy R.

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday, swore in a former governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, as the senator to represent Plateau South Senatorial District. Lalong of the All Progressives Congress replaced Napoleon Bali of the Peoples Democratic Party, whose election was on November 7, 2023, nullified by the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The court declared that Lalong was the valid winner of the February 25 senatorial poll. On Tuesday, Lalong, who was a member of President Bola Tinubu, formally resigned as Minister of Labour Employment and Productivity to take up the senatorial slot.   He took the…