Vice President Kashim Shettima has assured intending pilgrims for this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia that none of them will miss the pilgrimage due to visa-related challenges.

A statement in Abuja,
The VP explained that the Federal Government will put necessary measures in place to ensure they have a smooth and hitch-free pilgrimage.

He directed the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) to take necessary measures to ensure a smooth and unhindered pilgrimage for all the nation’s intending pilgrims.

According to the statement this was the outcome of a meeting the Vice President had yesterday with NAHCON management and board in his office at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

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Nigeria Labour Congress President Joe Ajaero has stated that no governor has the power to ban labour unions, as union practice falls under the exclusive legislative list in the Constitution.

Ajaero via a statement lamented that most governors are now living permanently in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, while the people they were supposed to govern are facing hardship.

The NLC leadership is in Kogi State to deliver and inaugurate 10 Compressed Natural Gas buses provided to the state chapter of the congress to ease transportation problems.

 Ajaero said the leadership would take to the governor the problems and demands workers reeled out, even though most governors are now living permanently in Abuja.

He believes that Kogi State is strategic to the congress because it has union leaders as governor and deputy, and that workers have told the NLC President that for over 10 years, unions in the Kogi State Polytechnics, Kogi State University, and the State Colleges of Education, Technology, and Nursing had been under proscription by the state government.