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Strike: Radio, television, others to shut down
Radio, television, theatre and arts workers will all shut down activities during the proposed nationwide industrial action starting from October 3, 2023.
This was contained in a notice of indefinite nationwide strike from Radio, Television, Theatre and Arts Workers Union of Nigeria, RATTAWU, signed by its General Secretary, Comrade A. Akpausoh.
The union said the decision was a follow up to the just concluded meeting of the National Executive Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, which was held on Tuesday 26 September 2023.
The meeting had resolved that all affiliates of the congresses should embark on a nationwide indefinite strike action which should be total, with effect from Tuesday October 3, 2023.
“In other words, there shall be no operations in our sectors throughout the period of the action.
“Consequently, all our state councils and chapters across the nation are hereby directed to mobilize our members for effective implementation of the strike action.
“Also, all Vice Presidents in their various zones are being requested to monitor full compliance of the directive.
“Remember, ‘He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it’,” the Union said.
A Student Of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Osun State, has died after being hit by a trailer driver on Monday, April 15.
The Accident was said to have occurred when the driver, who was reportedly driving against traffic, collided with the motorcycle conveying a student named Olanrewaju Olatona and another passenger along the Ikirun-Osogbo road area of the state.
Due to the severe impact, Olanrewaju Olatona, a National Diploma 2 student, suffered fatal injuries. He died at the scene.
Olatona, who was the Financial Secretary of the Department of Mass Communication, was preparing for the one-year Industrial Training programme.
The driver fled the scene after the accident and has not been apprehended.
Subsequently, Osun State Polytechnic students organised a procession in front of the school gate and blocked the expressway for several hours.
Some unknown gunmen have kidnapped Joshua Rogers, the ChannelsTV reporter in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Politics Nigeria learnt that Rogers was picked up close to his residence at Rumuosi in Port Harcourt and to an unknown destination by the gunmen around 9pm on Thursday, April 11.
The reporter was driving his official ChannelsTV branded car when the hoodlums accosted, pointed a gun at him and took him away in the same vehicle.
Rogers was said to be returning from his official assignment in Government House after a trip to Andoni for a government event when the incident happened.
Already, the gunmen were said to have contacted his wife and demanded a N30million ransom for bis release.
His cameraman confirmed the incident and appealed to his abductors to set him free unconditionally.
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