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Syndicate steals IBEDC service wires from residence in Ibadan

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A syndicate that specializes in the stealing of electric service wires from residential buildings now operates in Ibadan, Nigeria. The criminal group comprising some unscrupulous elements in the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) co-opted financially indisposed individuals to give out vital information that would be of mutual benefit. On Tuesday, 17 December, 2024, between 2:45 pm and 3:10 pm in the afternoon, a marketer and a technician, both workers of the IBEDC, stole the four service wires that supply electricity to the four apartments at No. 3 Kehinde Aderibigbe Street, Olorunsogo, Molete. Before the ugly act, the criminals had sat down and strategized at a shoemaker's shop at No. 6. The shoemaker had in turn entertained them. After the act, the criminals, who brought along a ladder, made away with the stolen items while residents of the community watched with keen interest. In recent times, cases of the theft of the DISCO's equipment and materials ha...
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Workers Welfare : Michael Imoudu As A Role Model 1

 

The activities of Labour leaders today are the raging debate among workers in Nigeria. Workers express sadness and worry over the way their leaders handle issues concerning them. 

While the workers continue to wallow in the vicious cycle of poverty, hunger and worry, their leaders insist that they should be patient and show understanding with the government. 

The agility and activeness of labor leaders of the present time is determined by the political class and not by the deteriorating condition of workers in the country. 

Up till this moment, the name Michael Athokhamien Imoudu, represents a good example of a labor leader with a difference within the Nigerian territory and has continued to serve as a source of inspiration for the present set of labor leaders. 

Perhaps, Imoudu was born on 7 September 1902, to a soldier who had fought in East Africa. His upbringing resulted into his fearless personality. 

He did not have a fear of witches or wizards, master or servant, black or white. At the age of 14, he began his education at a government school, Ora.

 In the course of his education, he received a double promotion to standard one. After the death of his father, the forward-looking young Imoudu moved on in his quest for education, at various times in Ontisha, Benin, Sapele, Warri and Agbor. 

His adult life revolved on protests against wrong doing by constituted authority. As a student of the government school, Agbor he staged his first protest. 

He led students of the school to protest against the alleged embezzlement of Empire funds by the school’s teachers. This resulted in the manhandling of the Headmaster. 

At various times, he worked as a linesman in the Department of Post and Telegraph (P and T) in 1928 and an apprentice machinist at the Railway Corporation. 

He worked tirelessly on three shillings and four pence per day. 

The work conditions depressed those on the railway, and it was noticeable, but the grievances of the railway men were uncoordinated. 

During the industrial action of the sectional foundery men in 1931, Imoudu spearheaded a platform to fight for the rights of workers. 

This he made possible by opting to work as a journeyman at a reduced wage of three shillings per day. 

On 20, January 1940, Imoudu was the only one among his colleagues who signed the registration document of the Railway workers union and on 7, October 1940, Imoudu was elected President of Railway men. 

 

Solomon Adewunmi is the Editor-in-Chief New Federation(news2day.emyspot.com)/People(2day.emyspot.com)/Federationews2day(one.emyspot.com). He attended Ajeromi Ifelodun High Schoool, Olodi-Apapa, Lagos/Ibadan Grammar School, Ibadan and the University of Lagos, possesses a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology, * BBC/EC CERTIFICATE IN NEWS JOURNALISM (FEB. 2001) * CERTIFICATE IN ARTS AND CULTURE CRITICISM (NANTAP MAY 2001) * CERITIFICATE IN PEACE JOURNALISM (JUSTICE,DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE COMMISSION) *CERTIFICATE IN CONFLICT ANALYSIS[UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAM, OCT.2004] *CERTIFICATE IN INTERFAITH CONFLICT RESOLUTION( UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE, JAN. 2009).

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