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Tinubu’s wife to support out-of-school children

From Ahmed Idris, Birnin Kebbi

The wife of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential candidate Oluremi Bola

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Tinubu has promised to put incentives in place to encourage children to go back to school if her husband won the next month’s election.

She stated this at town Hall meeting organised in her honour in Birnin Kebbi.

She added that educational sector would be streamlined in order for everyone to benefit.

National Industrial Court, Abuja has fixed Feb. 16 for adoption of final written addresses in suit filed by Mr Funmilayo Omosule against the Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority Administration (OGFZAA) over his alleged unlawful suspension.

Justice Olufunke Anuwe, in a short ruling, also directed parties to regularise their processes before the next adjourned date.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Omosule and OGFZAA had been locked in a fierce legal battle to resolve the legality or otherwise of his suspension, following his petition against some management staff of the agency on alleged corruption.

Upon resumed hearing, Omosule’s counsel, Dr Tunji Abayomi, informed that the defendant had just served him with their written address shortly before the commencement of proceeding.

Abayomi said new issues were raised in the process which would need a response, even though he had already filed their written address following the failure of the defendant to do so on time.

OGFZAA’s lawyer, Mr Michael Ajara, who apologised for late filing of their application, said a motion for an extension of time had been filed.

He said the motion sought an order to deem their application as being properly filed. Consequently, Justice Anuwe granted the motion and adjourned the matter until Feb. 16 for adoption of final written addresses.

The judge, who held that the adjournment would also allow Abayomi respond to the defendant’s final written address by filing a fresh one, directed parties to regularise their processes before the next date.

NAN reports that OGFZAA had, via a letter dated April 18, 2011, suspended Omosule as the manager of its Abuja office on the grounds that he had refused to comply with its letter dated December 3, 2010, which had directed him to present the originals of his credentials for verification.

Omosule, however, refuted the claim of the authority, stating that he made available to the defendant CTCs of his educational certificates/credentials, including GCE ‘O Level certificates and degree certificates as instructed.

Omosule had claimed that the originals of his credentials were misplaced in untraceable circumstances as at 2010 when the report to submit originals was made.

The claimant also averred that the CTCs of his certificates submitted to the defendant were certified by the issuing institutions, which included the West African

Examination Council (WAEC) and the University of Ado-Ekiti, then Ondo State University, Ado Ekiti, respectively.

The claimant is seeking the court‘s declaration that he was still a staff of the organisation and entitled to all the rights, privileges and benefits due to him by reason of his employment.

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