A statement attributed to Godswill Akpabio, the Nigerian Senate President, has been widely circulated on social media. It is alleged that in response to the #EndBadGovernance protest, Akpabio said, “You can protest, but we will be eating.” Currently, there is an ongoing protest in Nigeria, where various groups have come together to organise a 10-day...
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FACT CHECK: Does The New Minimum Wage Apply To All And Sundry?
On July 18, 2024, the president, Bola Tinubu and the leadership of organised Labour (constituent organisations) agreed on ₦70,000 as the new national minimum wage for Nigerian workers. This agreement followed a series of talks between Labour leaders and the government’s tripartite committee on minimum wage constituted by the President in January 2024. After the...
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FACT CHECK: Do these Twitter Handles belong to Senate President, Godswill Akpabio?
Multiple Twitter accounts purporting to belong to Godswill Akpabio, the President of the 10th Nigeria Senate, have been observed to be sharing numerous posts on the microblogging platform. A Twitter account with the username Senator Godswill akpabio, CON @sen_akpabio, is followed by Sheu Sani, a former Senator, and other 8,862 followers as of the time...