Legislators in the Osun State House of Assembly have proposed the imposition of a fine of six months imprisonment or N250,000 fine for skating on public roads or sidewalks in the state.
The lawmakers made the resolution while deliberating on the “Osun State Skating Restriction Bill 2025” during plenary on Tuesday in Osogbo, the state capital.
Hon. Adewale Egbedun, Speaker of the Assembly, said that when the law is passed, it would empower citizens to arrest any person skating on public roads for prosecution by the police.
According to him, roller skating is supposed to be an indoor activity.
The speaker said, “Anybody or persons who skates or use roller skates on public road or sidewalks shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not less than six months or alternative sentencing of payment of sum not less than N250,000 or both”
AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR
RE: DELAY IN APRIL 2025 SALARY FOR FEDERAL TERTIARY INSTITUTION STAFF ON GIFMIS PLATFORM
Your Excellency,
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR,
President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces,
Federal Republic of Nigeria.
May this letter find you in strength and wisdom as you continue to shoulder the great responsibility of leading our nation toward renewed hope and progress.
Today is 6th May 2025, and with deep concern and heavy hearts, we, the staff of Federal Tertiary Institutions (FTIs) under the GIFMIS salary payment platform, wish to draw your urgent attention to the non-payment of our April 2025 salaries.
While our counterparts on the IPPIS platform have received their salaries as expected, those of us on the GIFMIS platform have once again been left in uncertainty, hunger, and distress. Sadly, this is not the first time such a delay has occurred, it has become a recurring hardship since our return to the GIFMIS platform.
Your Excellency, this situation raises unsettling questions:
1. Is this persistent delay a punishment for choosing a more transparent, accountable, and institutionally autonomous salary system?
2. Why has the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) withheld our salary warrant without any official explanation?
Mr. President, this is no longer a simple administrative oversight. It is a humanitarian emergency. Families are suffering. Workers are sick but unable to afford treatment. Schools have resumed, yet parents cannot pay tuition. Many live hand-to-mouth and now find themselves at the mercy of hunger, debt, and emotional trauma.
As a father of the nation, we know you care deeply about the well-being of every Nigerian, especially those who daily invest their lives in building the nation through education and service. We therefore humbly and sincerely plead with you to wade in urgently.
Let those who may be frustrating your vision for a better Nigeria through unjust delays be held accountable. Let justice and equity reign. Let no Nigerian worker be made to feel like a second-class citizen for demanding transparency and dignity in salary payment.
We, the academic and non-academic staff of Federal Tertiary Institutions, remain committed to serving this nation with all our hearts. All we ask is that our rights and livelihoods be protected.
Your Excellency, please ensure the release of our April 2025 salaries and other entitlements without further delay.
With utmost respect and trust in your leadership,
Com. O. O. Ọlálèmí
NASU Secretary, UI Branch
(On behalf of the concerned FTI staff on the GIFMIS platform)