Truckers clash with TTP on electronic call-up system implementation
Truck drivers criticise the Truck Transit Park Ltd.’s Eto call-up system, claiming it hasn’t eased port access road congestion.
The President of Maritime Truck Unions, Adeyinka Aroyewun, highlighted the system’s failure in a recent letter.
TTP refuted this, citing it as personal opinion. However, NPA introduced Eto in Feb 2021 to alleviate port traffic, but some truckers report it hasn’t resolved congestion issues.
DisCos need permission for tariff increases, says NERC
NERC clarified that electricity distribution companies need its approval before raising tariffs.
Usman Abba Arabi, NERC spokesperson, affirmed this, refuting media reports about upcoming tariff hikes.
He emphasised no approved tariff changes, urging Nigerians to disregard rumors.
Despite this assurance, skepticism remains on social media, suggesting Discos might proceed without NERC’s endorsement.
Customs enforce duty waiver on LPG, CNG, others
The Nigeria Customs Service has initiated the Federal Government’s 100 percent duty waiver for processed Compressed Natural Gas, imported liquid petroleum gas, electric vehicles, and gas air conditioners.
NCS’s National PRO, Abdullahi Maiwada, confirmed this, mentioning the waiver also includes related equipment and infrastructure for CNG and LPG expansion.
This directive from the Minister of Finance aims to immediately enforce a zero percent duty on specific items, supporting the Presidential CNG Initiative.
Edo State empowers 102,650 with cash transfers
Edo State Government announces 102,650 individuals across 1,969 communities in all 18 local government areas as beneficiaries of the second phase of the Federal Government’s Renewed Hope Cash Transfer.
The state’s Social Investment Programme GM, Yuwa Aladeselu, revealed this during a refresher training for local facilitators.
This initiative, part of the National Social Safety Nets Project Scale Up, aligns with Governor Godwin Obaseki’s commitment to aiding the poor and vulnerable, utilizing a Social Register covering over 1.6 million individuals, including households and people with disabilities. The first phase in 2022 enrolled and paid over 12,108 beneficiaries.
Former Harvard head said she was called ‘N-word,’ got death threats
Former Harvard President Claudine Gay said she received emailed death threats and was called the “N-word” countless times prior to resigning after her congressional testimony on antisemitism and plagiarism allegations.
Gay made the comments in a New York Times opinion piece on Wednesday, a day after she yielded to pressure from Harvard’s Jewish community and members of Congress to step down over the Dec. 5 congressional hearing and allegations about her academic work.
My character and intelligence have been impugned. My commitment to fighting antisemitism has been questioned. My inbox has been flooded with invective, including death threats.
I’ve been called the N-word more times than I care to count,” Gay said in the 870-word piece titled “What Just Happened at Harvard Is Bigger Than Me”. (Reuters)
