Lagos To Employ 1000 LASDRI Graduates As Conductors With N50,000 As Salary

Comrade Adeshola in an interview with Vanguard also disclosed that the new policy of the Lagos state government under the leadership of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode is collaborating with the association to give Bus Conducting profession a new look.

According to him, “presently Lagos state government through the Lagos State Drivers Institute, LASDRI is training and accrediting conductors in the state, adding that after the training the graduands would be employed as Bus Conductors and would be on the payroll of the government with a salary worth of N50,000 per month.

“The objective is to make the job of bus conducting attractive, respected and dignified as obtainable globally”, he said. Adeshola explained that there is a project in the pipeline by the state government to change the face of transportation system to enhance security and also provide employment opportunity in the state.

Speaking on the vision of the association, he said, since the establishment in 2008, it has been working relentlessly with the federal government through the national assembly as well as some state governments to establish its presence.

Massive Fish Caught In Uganda That Is "More Expensive" Than The New iPhone

There is an ongoing heated debate online concerning the
But the price tag did not go down well with online users who are currently debating on the trending photos -with most saying the price should be Shs2.4 million (which is nearly $700 i.e N300,000). 
Whatever the actual price is, it still costs more than the new iPhone 7 which costs nearly $700."outrageous" price of a massive fish was which was caught by fishermen recently at Ggaba Landing site in Uganda. According to a report, the fish which weighed 205Kgs was sold at Shs4.2 million (over $1200 i.e nearly N500,000).

 

Shiek Ismail Mangu: Arrest Aisha Buhari Immediately Over Her BBC Interview

Meanwhile, excerpt of Aisha's interview has sparked fierce condemnation in Kano State.

At Jamaatul Izalatul Bid’ah Mosque in Farm Centre, Kano, Shiek Ismail Illyasu Mangu spoke to the thousands of worshipers immediately after the Jumaat prayer, calling on security agencies to arrest the first lady “because her interview is capable of inciting millions of Nigerians against her husband.

“We are sad about the interview granted by the wife of the President. We believe that opposition members in the country are using her against the government. Her statement is unfair and capable of inciting violence. It is a threat to the peace of the country and we do hope the security agencies will immediately arrest her.

“We believed that some ungrateful elements in the country are using the wife of the president to tarnish the image of the president and the country. Nigerians are not in her support. ”

Timi Frank: Aisha Buhari Speaks For Nigerians

The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has said that the comments, made by the wife of the President, Hajia Aisha Buhari, were not meant to discredit the present administration.

Frank, in a statement, said the comments were meant to sound a note of caution for the betterment of Nigerians and the country at large.

He said the wife of the President spoke out the minds of many party men and women who felt sidelined in the present government.

He warned the opposition not to rejoice by misinterpreting the interview she granted the BBC Hausa Service.

“Mrs. Buhari deserves commendation because she is actually speaking the minds of not only the party members but Nigerians.

“What Mrs. Buhari has said is not different from what some of us have been saying that it is high time the President shakes up his cabinet and bring in people who understand the manifestoes of the party and could help the party deliver on its change mantra, especially, the economy of the country needs an urgent attention.

“Some of our leaders, like the Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki, have made this same observation in the past. They meant well for the administration and the country. I will also join them in appealing to the president to do the needful.

“Nigerian women in politics and other wives of president in the world have a lot to learn from what Mrs. Buhari has done. We should not forget in a hurry that this is what the former first lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, failed to do to her husband when few people hijacked his government and brought the government down.”

Frank called on the President to act fast and correct some of the abnormalities currently threatening the existence of the APC.