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GOV. BELLO MATAWALLE MEETS LABOUR UNIONS, REAFFIRMS NOVEMBER 2022 FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF N30,000 MINIMUM WAGE

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Governor Bello Matawalle has received the leadership of labour unions in Zamfara who paid him a thank you visit at the state government house Gusau.

The Governor who was looking visibly emotional re-affirmed that as a retired civil servant who worked for years before he quits and joined politics, his administration is passionate about improving the wellbeing of the workers in the state.

According to Jamilu Iliyasu Birnin Magaji the Director of Press Affairs to the Governor, Matawalle assured that the new Minimum Wage of N30,000 will be implemented to Zamfara workers by the end of November 2022.

He assured that his administration will continue to accord priority to the wellbeing of the state workers as well as enhancing the welfare of the state pensioners.

The Governor urged the leadership of the labour union to assist the administration in blocking leakages so that more can be saved to enhance the wellbeing of the workers in the state.

On the payment of gratuity to retired civil servants, Governor Bello Matawalle said the state Government will affect the full payment of pension and gratuity to them as soon as deductions from the state funds were stopped by December 2022.

Earlier, the state chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, Comrade Sani Halliru and his counterpart of the Trade Union Congress TUC, Comrade Saidu Mudi Allahuwa said they were at the Government House to express their appreciation to the Governor for his approval to implement the N30,000 minimum wage by November 2022.

The two labour leaders said the immediate intervention of Governor Bello Matawalle by approving the payment of the National minimum wage to the state workers has solved the lingering labour issues between the organized Labour and the state Government.

Comrade Sani Halliru and Comrade Saidu Mudi Allahuwa thanked Governor Bello Matawalle for reviewing the pension of retired permanent secretaries since the creation of Zamfara state to date and called for full payment of gratuities and other entitlements to all categories of retired civil servants in the state.

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FMR. ZAMFARA SPEAKER SCORES (229) TO DELIVERS POLING

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Former Speaker of Zamfara House of Assembly Sanusi Garba Rikiji of the APC has scored a total of (229) votes to defeat the PDP who polls (61) votes only.

His poling unit is Rumfar Galadima (013) in Gusau the capital city of Zamfara State.

As for the result of the state house of assembly in his poling units, APC scored a total of (232) to defeat the PDP who polls (51) votes.

Rikiji is currently the house of reps candidate for Gusau and Tsafe in the 2023 election, whose election was declared inclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

He is contesting the seat together with the serving members Kabiru Amadu Mai Palace, who is from the opposition PDP.

 

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CHAIR ZBIRS, WORKS COMMISSIONER, DELIVERS POLING UNITS

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The Chairman of Zamfara State Board of Internal Revenue Service, Ali Akilu Dama Bungudu has also delivered his poling unit.

His party the APC scored a total (173) to defeat the PDP who scored (111) votes.

Similar votes were also recorded for both political parties at the level of State assembly elections.

Similarly, Zamfara State Commissioner for Works Rabiu Garba Gusau has delivered his poling units with a wide margin to defeat the PDP.

APC scored (96) votes to defeat the opposition People’s Democratic Party, which scored (16) votes for both the Governorship election and state assembly for Gusau (1) at his poling unit.

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SHA’AYAU S. PAWA MAFARA SCORES (502) VOTES TO DEFEAT PDP WITH ZERO VOTE.

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A political ally of former Governor Yari Sha’ayau Yusuf S. Paws has defeated PDP in his Township Primary school poling unit in Talatar Marafa local government area of Zamfara State.

According to an official result sheet, the politician who is a member of All Progressives Congress (APC) scored (502) votes to defeat the PDP who scored (0) votes.

The politician has made history since 2015 by maintaining the only poling units which opposition party has never won a single vote during election.

He repeated the same history during the 2023 Presidential and national assembly elections conducted three weeks back, when PDP failed to score a single vote.

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