No agency should charge recruitment fees – Delegates

In order to avert the tragic incident where dozens applicants lost their lives during Immigration recruitment exercise, the delegates decided that recruitment stations should be set up at state levels for applicants.A recommendation by the committee that a new sub-section be introduced in the 1999 Constitution that would compel government to review public sector pay […]

In order to avert the tragic incident where dozens applicants lost their lives during Immigration recruitment exercise, the delegates decided that recruitment stations should be set up at state levels for applicants.
A recommendation by the committee that a new sub-section be introduced in the 1999 Constitution that would compel government to review public sector pay every five years to take cognizance of trends in the cost of living was also approved by the conference and adopted.
Following a motion by 33 delegates moved by Alhaji Nurudeen Lemu, conference resolved that the Federal Character Commission be renamed the Federal Character and Equal Opportunities Commission to put it in better stead to address issues of affirmative action for people living with disabilities.
 The change is also expected to cater for issues regarding other vulnerable groups including ethnic and religious minorities, women, youth and other sectors of the society that are often excluded.
It was agreed that the upgrading will foster equity and create opportunities for the often excluded groups.