How to Get Your International Passport at Official Rate of N17,000 - Part One by Comrade Phils

If you wish to renew your international passport or get a fresh one and pay the official rate of N17,000, this is what you will do to avoid being extorted by corrupt immigration officers etc.

The website is portal.Immigration.gov.ng.

Follow me on Twitter and Instagram @comradephils to know who to report to if they request you to pay more than N17000 stipulated by govt for the passport.

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Amazing, the G.O of Omega Power Ministries OPM, Apostle chibuzor, just built and launched a hospital that treats people irrespective of religion or ethnicity free of charge in Rivers state.

No card fees, no consultancy fees, no admission fees, no medication fees all free to all.

The church said this hospital among other free charity schemes are from the proceeds of tithes and offerings and should remain free to all and sundry.

See the video here.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FK1lqKCKEI

Visit the church website: hq.opmworldwide.com

However, four days ago, Mr Ubah told newsmen that he had no plans to dump the party.

His aide told WIRED Nigeria that the senator-elect is still in the YPP but needed to align with the ruling party to secure his relevance in the house.

https://wired.ng/politics/ifeanyi-ubah-leaves-ypp-joins-apc/

News reaching WIRED Nigeria has it that a former Chief of Defense Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh has been killed as he made his way back to Abuja this evening.

details: https://wired.ng/news/alex-badeh-assassinated/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Qisemo95s

Nigeria's minister of transportation and popular stalwart of the All Progressive Congress, Honorable Rotimi Amaechi, has again survived an incident that would have taken his life.

https://wired.ng/news/amaechis-car-gutted-by-fire-days-after-surviving-a-near-crash-incident-onboard-arik-flight/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMVGbMBjJto&t=4s

https://wired.ng/news/amaechis-car-gutted-by-fire-days-after-surviving-a-near-crash-incident-onboard-arik-flight/

The governor of Rivers state has approved the sum of N400,000 each for 213 traders and N 300,000 for 200 others who were victims of the inferno that gutted the popular fruit market situated at Kaduna street in the heart of Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, according to a statement issued by Simeon Nwakaudu - Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor, Electronic Media.

details https://wired.ng/news/wike-approves-n400k-compensation-each-for-victims-of-burnt-fruit-market/

Harry Smith, younger brother to famous Hollywood actor, Will Smith, has collaborated with the organizers of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) ahead of the 2018 edition in Kigali, Rwanda.

details https://wired.ng/entertainment/will-smith-harry-smith-amaa-2018/

AMAA Renames Animation category "Jubril Malaifa Animation Award" To Honor slain Nigerian Animator Jubril Malaifa.

The Africa Film Academy (AFA), organisers of the annual Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) has announced that it will rename its coveted animation category to honour the young animator Jubril Malaifia who was reportedly murdered by unknown assailants in Jos on Tuesday.

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the AFA and AMAA Peace Anyiam-Osigwe said the AFA Board took the decision ahead of the 2018 edition of the the award to honour the award winning animator because of his place as one of Africa’s shining light in the area of creative animations.

"This young man was one of the leading figures when it comes to animations for movies, clips, and short stories. He has been nominated severally for the AMAA and won in 2016 for the first time under the international award platform of the Africa Movie Academy Awards. He was only 24 years old" the AMAA CEO said adding "to this end The Africa film Academy will forever honor you by renaming the best Animation award in your name . It will be called the ‘Jibril Malaifa Award for Best Animation’

Speaking too on the unfortunate demise of the Plateau born animator and product of the premier film school in Nigeria- Nigerian Film Institute, Director of Administration of the AMAA Tony Anih said that it was with rude shock that the AMAA recieved the news of the death of Malafia who according to Anih "was nominated in the animation category in this years award. His entry is titled-Group Foto. Yes, he was that good and consistent with his art. He will forever be remembered by AMAA as one of the young brilliant creative talents in animation to ever come out of Africa. We will continue to hold a candle in your name that will never burn out" Anih said.

Established in 2006, the AMAA is a globally recognised reward system for filmmakers in the continent and the diaspora. It announced the 2018 nominees in August in Lagos. The award proper is scheduled for October 20 in Kigali, Rwanda.

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Omega Power Ministries (OPM) has admitted an 11 year old boy was learning roadside mechanic because he could not afford to go to school into its free school in Port Harcourt.

OPM runs seven free schoold where students are all fees are free, students are given free school uniforms, books, lunch and are sent abroad for excursions.

The school is open to all who pass the entrance examination irrespective of denominations or religion. It is strictly for the less privileged children in our society.

The G.O of OPM, Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere says it is bad for pastors to use church offerings and tithes to build schools that members cannot afford.

See video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtfmeuv1Ky0

The trade union law also states that if a staff becomes an executive of the trade union, the company should grant them leave for the period they are in office. Total is privy to this law and should are subject to it.

guys the Trade union act law allows a staff to join the trade union and an agreement by international labour organization in which Total is a signatory also allows her the right to join. We should not encourage lawlessness by these oil giants. If you want to operate in Nigeria, you should obey the laws of Nigeria. Let us not encourage lawlessness in our country no matter who is involved.

5th September, 2018.

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.
Attn: President Muhammadu BUHARI GCFR
“SAVE THE SOUL OF COMRADE ELO VICTOR-OGBONDAH”

His Excellency Sir,
• I the undersigned wish to intimate your Excellency of the misdeed that Total E&P Nig. Ltd. has perpetrated to myself and members of my immediate family.
• I view this as a clear case of victimization and intimidation attributable to the fact that I am a woman who has done all within her means to advocate for better welfare of the downtrodden.
• I worked as a contract staff in Total E & P Nigeria limited, for eight years before I was employed as a full-time staff of Total E & P Limited (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”) on the 25th of September 2008 and I have worked meritoriously for the Company since then.
• The extant laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (particularly the Trace Union Act) allow staff members of the Company to join Trade Union and participate in Trade Union activities. I decided to join a Trade Union, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN (hereinafter referred to as “the Association”) two years after my employment.
• In June 2014, I was elected as a National Executive of the Association to serve as the Zonal Secretary of the Port Harcourt Zone of the Association.
• Sir, the Company’s policy and the Collective Agreement signed by the Association and the Company stipulates that the Company will not be against any staff who wish to join the Association and that any staff who has official duties to carry out in the Association will be given leave of absence with pay to attend to such official duties.
• However, in my case, the Company was clearly against my joining the Association and taking up official duties in the Association clearly because I am female. They rather approached me to sponsor a man for that position. We all went into the contest, which I won. Ever since then, the management of the company has never allowed me to rest; they did everything within their disposal to traumatize and victimize me.
• In clear breach of the Trade Union Act, the Collective Agreement and the Company’s Policy, I was transferred from the Port Harcourt to the Lagos within the same Company, (in August 2014, immediately after I was elected to serve as Zonal Secretary of the Port Harcourt Zone of the Association) in other to prevent me from taking up the official duties in the Association which I was elected into; and to frustrate me out of the Association and all other Union Activities.
• This was done against the grain of the Company’s policy, which stipulates that the company must discuss with and/or inform a staff who is to be transferred before such a transfer can be effected, the company transferred me without discussing with me. The said transfer letter was sent two (2) days AFTER I was supposed to resume, showing clearly that it was a desperate effort to victimize me and prevent me from taking up Union Executive activities.
• The attempt by the Company to prevent me from taking up official duties as an elected executive of the Association and frustrate me out of Union activities caused a massive fallout between the Company and the Association; and in November 2014, the Association called a nationwide strike that grounded the entire oil and gas sector in Nigeria.
• The then President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria had to wade into the issue and mandated the relevant government ministers and heads of parastatals to take steps to settle the issue.
• A conciliatory meeting was held on the 18th of December 2014 where the Minister of Labour, the representative of the Minister of Petroleum Resources, the representatives of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Total E & P Limited, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, were in attendance and signed an Agreement/Memorandum of Understanding.
• In the said Agreement/Memorandum of Understanding, the company agreed to give me a three (3) years Leave of Absence to enable me take up responsibilities as an elected executive of the Association at the Port Harcourt Zone of the Association and the Company also pledged in the said agreement to reabsorb me to resume duties at the Company at the expiration of my three (3) year tenure as a National Executive of the PENGASSAN.
• In the letter granting Leave of Absence to me, the company was in denial of their own leave of absence; it was stated clearly that the said Leave of Absence is a special one and not strictly hinged on the Company’s Policy; therefore, I was paid only my basic salary which is a paltry sum compared to my total emolument which according to the Company’s policy I would have been entitled to, during the said Leave of Absence. Sir, the Company’s policy actually provides for Leave of Absence with full pay; this was denied me on the condition that mine was a special kind of Leave of Absence not hinged on the Company’s policy.
• When I got the letter granting me the said Leave of Absence. I sought clarification from the company on the point that touches on the company policy: I wanted to know how I will be granted a leave of absence which states that same is not strictly hinged on the company’s policy and yet be asked to sign that I will adhere to a company policy. I wanted to know everything that will guide this special leave of absence or if I am to adhere to some aspects of the existing one, since the company has stated that my leave of absence is not hinged on the existing company policy. I was never given audience to discuss and clarify this point even after trying severally.
• I received a letter dated August 8th, 2016 from the Company about one year to the expiration of my Leave of Absence instructing me of a resumption date of August 7th 2017, without any option to extend. I acknowledged the said letter.
• It was then indeed shocking when I received a letter of purported termination dated the 19th of July, 2017, in clear breach of the aforesaid Memorandum of Understanding. Strangely the reason given in the purported termination letter was that I breached the Company policy; the same subsisting company policy that was denied in that letter granting my Leave of Absence. No one would have imagined that Total E & P Limited will deliberately flout a subsisting agreement, thereby putting the company’s business reputation at stake and risking the entire business environment with reckless abandon.
• This purported termination, just like others before it, and the transfer orchestrated to prevent me from taking up Union Executive duties, was done without the basic, universal and fundamental principle of fair hearing which a company like Total E &P Limited should be known for.
• The Association (PENGASSAN) intervened immediately and was able to establish that the termination was illegal, done clearly to settle old scores with me (by punishing me for joining a Trade Union and taking up executive responsibilities, which the Company did not want me to do). Total management could not provide any reasonable ground why I was terminated but behind the scene, they referred to the fact that their company ego was affected by the 2014 strike.
• Relevant stakeholders had to intervene to get both the Company and the Association on the negotiation table. The Company later requested that they should be allowed to continue, the “off table discussion they were having with the Chairman of Total E & P branch of the Association”, this was granted. As a middle point, The Company finally requested that the Association come up with a proposal to settle the issue amicably. The Association then calculated a certain amount of money to be paid to me using a formula that the company has hitherto established for one of its employee in similar circumstances.
• However, the Company refused to go through with the off the table negotiations they requested with the Total Branch Chairman of the Association. The Company’s refusal to adopt this precedent in settling me is also clearly punitive and an act of victimization and vindictiveness.
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• The Company rather chose to approach the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment for settlement of this issue, requesting for a guideline and after several conciliatory meetings between me, the Company and the Association, the Minister of Labour and Employment via a letter dated the 29th March 2018 with Ref No: MLHB/7586/T/29 and addressed to both the Managing Director of the Company and the General Secretary of the Association, signed for the Honourable Minister of Labour & Employment by the Director of Trade Union Services and Industrial Relations, conveyed the decision reached by the Minister acting as a conciliator between the association( on my behalf) and the Company, on the issue of the said wrongful termination and the benefits/damages accruing therefrom.
• The Company, the Association and myself were all parties and present, in the meetings where the Ministry mediated and reached the decision contained in their letter of 29th March 2018. Once again Total failed to obey the directive from the ministry it initially ran to for succor and insisted on getting a directive, which both parties came back for in the following meeting.
• The Company turned around to complain about the directive to the same Ministry they insisted should give a directive. All entreaties made to the company to pay me my entitlement as awarded by the ministry fell on deaf ears. It became obvious that the Company only wants to accept decisions that favours their envisaged result.
• The said sum recommended by the Ministry was less than the sum (s) demanded by the Association on my behalf. In fact, The Company approached the Ministry for a downward review of the sum demanded by the Association and indeed they succeeded because the sum was reviewed downward.
• They have consistently threatened, that I will become history before getting whatever is due me, citing cases between the IOCs and their employees that ended after the employees were already dead. Boasting of their ability to buyout any organization or umpire that I will take this case to, as well as their strength in your government. In their own words they claim, “this is our government”.
• It has been over a year now, they have been delaying this payment in every way possible despite being aware of my health conditions. They stopped paying my medical bills since 2014 despite the reconciliatory meeting and agreement. I consistently borrowed money to cater this, but this has further deteriorated.
• I have no doubt that this ill action was melted out to me because I am a Nigerian woman, Total cannot certainly do this in their homeland in France to their citizen most especially when she is a woman.
• This letter is my last hope of seeking redress despite the threat by some directors within the company claiming that I cannot get justice anywhere as they are in control of all facet of government (Executive, Legislature and Judiciary including the press).
• I made up my mind few days ago to write this; damning their threat because I believe Your Excellency sir, that as a man of integrity who has fought tirelessly for the masses, you cannot be corrupted by Total to obstruct justice.
• I hereby pray the President to use your good office to come to the aid of this “poor woman”, by causing the Company to respect to the decision of the Federal Ministry of Labour, which is to pay the amount advised by labour, as a result of their appeal to the ministry. This is supposed to be my entitlement for wrongful termination, computed using the precedent existence in the company. To enable me take care of my medical bills and to move on with my life.
Be assured of my esteemed regards.
Sincerely,
Elo Victor-Ogbondah, Mrs

https://wired.ng/opinion/open-letter-to-buhari-save-the-soul-of-comrade-elo-victor-ogbondah/