Escape from Sudan and public sector pay – the weekly news quiz

The Nigerian government evacuated its citizens from Sudan due to the recent political instability and violence in the country. The conflict between Sudan’s two most powerful generals has led to fighting and has spread to other areas of the country, resulting in dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries.

The conflict is between Sudan’s two most powerful generals who are fighting over the control of the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group. The generals could not agree on how the group would be integrated into the military and who would control its fighters and weapons

Reports indicated multiple challenges. Firstly, a lack of fuel in the buses transporting the citizens caused delays and left some passengers stranded in the desert. Embassy officials were not present to provide information or support, so many Nigerians were left scared and without food or water. Additionally, the students feared for their safety as they did not know when they’d have transportation available to evacuate.

According to the article, the Nigerian government is considering removing fuel subsidies because it is not sustainable and the government must save money. The subsidy removal has been added to the 2023 Fiscal Framework and Appropriation Act as well as the Petroleum Industry Act, and the government is expected to exit fuel subsidies by June 2023.

The Nigerian government expanded the subsidy removal committee to include teams from the incoming administration and state governors to ensure that they are involved in the decision-making process. The committee will work out a roadmap for the removal of the subsidy, and alternative measures will be put in place to ensure there is a sufficient supply of petroleum products in the country.

According to the 2023 Fiscal Framework and Appropriation Act and the Petroleum Industry Act, the Nigerian government plans to exit fuel subsidies by June 2023. The subsidy removal is considered necessary as it is not sustainable and has been added to the 2023 Fiscal Framework and Appropriation Act as well as the Petroleum Industry Act.

One pipeline in Nigeria has been shut down for over a year, resulting in a loss of approximately 65,700,000 barrels of oil, which is equal to around $5.45 billion or N2.3 trillion in revenue.

A group of women who work as street sweepers in Calabar Municipality and Calabar South Local Government Areas of Cross River State in Nigeria protested because they have not been paid their salaries for four months.

The Nigerian government has started paying civil servants the arrears for a 40% pay increase, which was proposed to help cushion the effects of the planned removal of fuel subsidy.

However, doctors, nurses, midwives and lecturers have not been included in this list of people to receive the salary boost.

Nurses in Nigeria have been calling for salary adjustment since 2016, and the last time Consolidated Health Salary Scale was adjusted was in 2010.

The Aiyetoro Community in Ondo State is facing the problem of sinking into the Atlantic Ocean. The ocean has taken over more than half of the land, rendering many residents homeless as their houses were swept away by the ocean.

They appealed to the Federal Government, United Nations, World Bank, and Niger Delta Development Commission to deploy modern technology to save the community and other communities facing a similar problem.

The country is facing an insurgency that has spilled over from neighbouring Mali, and attacks by suspected jihadists are increasing in the country. The village of Karma, where the latest attack occurred, is near the Malian border.