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Human Rights Group Condemns Demolition Of Varsity Cancer Hospital By Wike’s Task Force
Human Rights Group Condemns Demolition Of Varsity Cancer Hospital By Wike’s Task Force
Human rights group condemns demolition of varsity cancer hospital by Wike’s task force. The group described the demolition as ill-timed.
The Centre For Human Rights And Advocacy In Africa Network has condemned the demolition of Margaret Lawrence University Teaching Hospital (MLUTH), by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA).
The world-class hospital, situated inside the high-brow River Park Estate Abuja, was demolished on Saturday.
The group, in a statement co-signed by its Executive Director, Henry Abba, and Director of Programmes, Michael Ikwebe, on a Sunday in Abuja, described the demolition as “highhanded, insensitive, barbaric and unacceptable.”
It alleged that information at its disposal suggested that no reason was advanced by the FCTA for the action.
It expressed shock that demolition of the hospital could take place in contemporary Nigeria and wondered what the FCTA aimed at in the high-value estate.
It stated, “The whole incident has brought about panic in the estate. At this point, nobody knows what is going on because what was said in the report of the FCT minister was that all undeveloped portion is what they want to re-possess. What we have in this instance is a project that has been commissioned for over a year and has been actively under development for the past one year. We learnt on good authority that without any prior notice, the FCTA came in and demolished the structure. In fact, they took the whole day to even do what they were doing there.’’
The group said that the action of the FCTA was highly condemnable, unacceptable and could best be described as “one demolition done in bad fate.”
According to the group, the demolition was ill-timed.
It alleged that the demolition was part of the FCTA’s policy to claim portions of land within the estate.
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“We are under siege in this country, and nobody seems to be talking. It is legally and morally wrong for the FCTA to come into an estate to demolish a University Teaching Hospital Cancer Centre without prior notice, and on a Saturday.
Saturday’s exercise came on the heels of 35 structures that have been demolished in the last three days within the estate on the directive of the Ministerial Task force set up by the FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike,” it stated.
The group alleged that what was going on in the estate “is a policy of land grabbing disguised as urban development.”
The group stated, “We strongly condemn the continued demolition of structures in River Park Estate Abuja by the FCTA, under the watch of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike. When has a project under construction become an undeveloped space in the estate?.’’
It, therefore, appealed to Mr Wike to call the ministerial task force to order, saying that the committee “is going outside the report approved by the minister.”
FCTA Confirms Antivenom Stock, Warns Negligent Hospitals, Gives Emergency Lines
FCTA confirms antivenom stock, warns negligent hospitals, gives emergency lines. The FCTA said all public hFCTA confirms antivenom stock, warns negligent hospitals, gives emergency linesospitals have sufficient antivenom after singer Ifunanya Nwangene’s death at FMC Jabi. Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe warned facilities to follow protocols or face sanctions, stressing that early treatment is critical.
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The territory has added 12 ambulances, improved ICUs, and centralized antivenom storage.
Residents are urged to use emergency lines 090157892931 or 090157892932.
FCT Police Warn NLC Against Planned Abuja Protest, Say Proscribed Groups Plot To Hijack
FCT Police warn NLC against planned Abuja protest, say proscribed groups plot to hijack. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command has warned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) against its planned protest scheduled for Tuesday in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
The NLC leadership had fixed February 3 for a solidarity rally along with members of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria and the Joint Union Action Committee (JUAC) at the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) secretariat in Garki Area 11.
The NLC declared that the rally is to publicly affirm that “an injury to one is an injury to all”, adding that the Nigerian labour movement will not abandon its members.
On January 24, the labour body declared support for the indefinite strike by workers of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), describing the action as “necessary and heroic” in response to alleged violation of workers’ rights.
In a statement, Joe Ajaero, NLC president, said the labour union stood “in very strong solidarity” with FCTA workers under the aegis of JUAC.
Ajaero described the strike as “a necessary and heroic response to a vicious cocktail of neoliberal attacks, gross administrative impunity, and a systematic violation of the fundamental rights of workers by the FCTA management and its political leadership”.
However, in a statement on Monday, Josephine Adeh, FCT police spokesperson, said the command respects the constitutional right to peaceful assembly, but noted that intelligence reports indicate “plans by proscribed groups and other non-state actors to infiltrate and hijack the protest, posing a risk to public peace and safety”.
Adeh said in the interest of public safety, the organisers should consider rescheduling the protest to prevent any breakdown of law and order and to protect lives, property, and the rights of other residents.
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“The Command remains committed to safeguarding all lawful activities and urges residents to continue cooperating with security agencies to keep the FCT peaceful and secure,” the statement reads.
Meanwhile, the national industrial court has reportedly issued an interim order restraining the NLC, TUC and JUAC from embarking on the planned protest.
The court had earlier ordered workers on the payroll of the FCT administration to suspend the strike.
Emmanuel Subilim, the presiding judge, held that although the matter before the court amounted to a trade dispute, the defendants’ right to embark on industrial action was not absolute.
Akwa Ibom Indigenes Protest RMAFC Meeting, Warn Against Tampering With State’s Oil Wells
Akwa Ibom indigenes protest RMAFC meeting, warn against tampering with State’s Oil Wells. Akwa Ibom indigenes resident in Abuja on Tuesday stormed the venue of a meeting of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), where the Inter-Agency Technical Committee (IATC) on Disputed/New Oil Wells was sitting, to protest what they described as attempts to reopen a matter already settled by the Supreme Court.
The protesters cautioned that no individual or agency should tamper with Akwa Ibom State’s 76 oil wells, stressing that the ownership of the wells was conclusively determined in favour of the state by the Supreme Court in 2012.
They insisted that any move to revisit the issue through administrative or technical processes would amount to a disregard for the authority of the apex court and could undermine peace in the Niger Delta region.
Akwa Ibom State was formally represented at the IATC meeting by a high-powered delegation comprising leading legal practitioners, government officials and technocrats. Members of the delegation included Paul Usoro, SAN; Assam Assam, SAN; the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Uko Udom, SAN; Uwemedimo Nwoko, SAN; Emmanuel Enoidem, SAN; and a former Attorney-General of Akwa Ibom State.
Akwa Ibom Indigenes Protest RMAFC Meeting
Also on the state’s delegation were the Commissioner for Finance, Mr Emem Bob, Former Attorney General and Commissioner Justice, Barr. Ekpenyong Ntekim; the Commissioner for Information, Dr. Aniekan Umanah; Honourable Member representing Ikot Ekpene Federal Constituency, Dr Patrick Umoh, among others.
The delegation is expected to present Akwa Ibom State’s position before the committee, reiterating that the Supreme Court judgment remains final and binding, and urging all relevant federal agencies to respect and uphold the ruling.
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