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 "OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR FUBARA: YOU ARE PROHIBITED BY BOTH ECOWAS TREATY , NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION AND THE SoE LEGISLATION FROM ACCEPTING ANY HAND-OVER NOTES FROM THE SOLE ADMINISTRATOR: SOLE ADMINISTRATOR SHOULD HANDOVER TO PBAT AS WE AWAIT SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA TO GRANT YOU AN EXTENSION OF TENURE AS WAS DONE IN THE CASE OF PETER OBI (2008)-RIVERS STATE TO BECOME AN OFF-CYCLE ELECTION STATE." By Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja. Your Excellency, Governor Siminialayi Fubara, Sir, You are a very fortunate person unknowingly President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (PBAT) and the National Assembly has unwittingly granted you an extension of your tenure by their imposition of a six month suspension upon your good self. You are entitled to a six month extension because the said state of emergency that was imposed upon your good self did not satisfy the requirements of Section 305 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 . This is because the pre-requisite essential requirement...

 The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has directed its members to withdraw services from public hospitals nationwide from Friday. The action followed the expiration of a 24-hour ultimatum issued to the Federal Government to meet its outstanding demands. The ultimatum came after an earlier 10-day deadline, which lapsed on 10 September, without resolution. On 1 September, NARD had warned it would embark on an indefinite strike if the government failed to address the issues within 10 days. Resident doctors, who constitute the majority of the medical workforce in teaching and specialist hospitals, have repeatedly gone on strike in recent years over unpaid wages, poor welfare, and inadequate working conditions. NARD President, Dr. Tope Osundare , told Daily Trust on Thursday that the fresh ultimatum was the outcome of a six-hour virtual meeting of the association’s National Executive Council (NEC) held on Wednesday. Daily Trust reports that the doctors are demanding imme...