Nigerian Newspapers Daily Front Pages Review | Monday 2nd December, 2024
Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Monday, 2nd December 2024.
The PUNCH: The House of Representatives has suspended indefinitely the debate on the Tax Reforms Bills earlier fixed for Tuesday following mounting pressure from the 19 northern states governors, The PUNCH reports. The planned debate was called off in a memo signed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Dr Yahaya Danzaria, as 73 northern lawmakers kicked against the bills.
The Guardian: Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has spoken out on the contentious tax reform bills proposed by President Bola Tinubu. Atiku’s statement follows the National Economic Council’s (NEC) recommendation to withdraw the Tax Reforms Bill, currently before the National Assembly
The Nation: Workers in three states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) resolved at the weekend to boycott work from today over the disagreement with the authorities on implementation of the new minimum wage. In some other states, there is confusion following the directive by the national secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for workers in those states to embark on strike over the issue
Daily Trust: Barring any last-minute changes, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will soon retire about 1,000 of its employees before the end of the year, investigations by Daily Trust have shown. Reliable sources at the apex bank’s headquarters revealed that the retirement would gulp over N50 billion in payoff to the affected workers.
Thank you for reading, that is all for today, see you again tomorrow for a review of Nigerian newspapers.
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