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I WAS GIVEN THREE MONTHS GRACE TO PAY SALARY AS GOV.

Published

11 months ago

April 13, 2022

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Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara said people in the previous government of Abdulaziz Yari gave him only three month grace from inception within which he can be able to pay salary to state civil servants.

The Governor who stated this when he was reacting to the call for the implementation of the (N30,000) minimum wage by the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress said the people in the previous government had assured him that, after three months of taking over, he cannot be able to pay salary because they knew what they have planted before living the office.

The Governor also expressed worries that both monthly salary payroll and that of gratuity are increasing shoulder to shoulder on monthly basis.

He said, ordinarily if the payroll for the payment of gratuity is increasing, that of salary needed to be on the proportionate decrease.

He charged state workers to be grateful that since his assumption he has ensures prompt payment of monthly salaries and pension, noting that the government operate under serious financial constraints.

He lamented further that the volume of debt he inherited which culminated into garnishee cases are worrisome, explaining that on monthly basis people with garnishee judgements are only waiting for money to drops so that they wipe the state off.

“You need to look at peculiarities of some states who had to use local government allocations to augment the payment of state workers while other state cannot even pay salary to civil servants”.

“It has been my standing instructions to the ministry of finance that, every month salaries have to be paid first once money dropped into our account before myself and Deputy Governor shares the excesses” the Governor added.

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FMR. ZAMFARA SPEAKER SCORES (229) TO DELIVERS POLING

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2 days ago

March 18, 2023

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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

Published

2 days ago

March 18, 2023

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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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2 days ago

March 18, 2023

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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.