FUBARA, LAWMAKERS FEUD THROWS RIVETS INTO TURMOIL. (PHOTO).
Fubara, lawmakers feud throws Rivers into turmoil • Three pro-governor legislators elect Speaker • Council chiefs, govt disagree over withheld allocation The crisis in Rivers State took a turn for the worse yesterday. Three members of the House of Assembly loyal to Governor Siminialayi Fubara declared themselves as the authentic House of Assembly members. They elected one of them, Victor Oko-Jumbo, representing Bonny Constituency, as Speaker. This follows the governor’s declaration of 27 lawmakers who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as illegitimate. The election of Oko-Jumbo as speaker took place at about 10 am. Thereafter, he declared: “All laws, plenary sessions and actions taken by the illegal House members are hereby declared void and a nullity in the eyes of the law.’’ Oko-Jumbo’s election by three Pro-Fubara lawmakers, was in spite of the peace deal brokered between the warring parties by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu late la
The U.S Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a muslim woman who sued after being denied a job at a clothing store because she showed up to the interview wearing hijab.The clothing compan declined to hire Samantha Elauf in 2008 as a sales associate because her Hijab violated the company's ''Look policy'',which at the time prohibited employees from wearing head coverings.Samantha Elauf was never informed of the ''Look policy''.Elauf filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on an 8-1 vote yesterday monday,the justice handed a victory to a federal agency that Sued the clothing company Abercromble & Fitch on behalf of job applicant Samantha Elauf.The company argued that it's store policy bans sales employess from wearing ''caps'' of any type and that Elauf,then 17 should have made clear in her 2008 interview that she needed a religious accommodation.A jury eventually awarded Samantha $20,000 but the 10th U.S circuit of appeals in Denver,Colorado,threw out the award and concluded that Abercromble & Fitch could not be held liable because Elauf never asked the company to relax its policy against head scarves.The ruling was welcomed by the council on American Islamic Relations {CAIR} which campaigns for the civil liberties of Muslim communities in the defence of religions freedom at a time when the American muslim community is facing increased levels of Islamophobia''.Said CAIR National Executive Director Nhad Awad.
Comments
Post a Comment