In her effort to improve internal revenue generation, there is an ongoing intervention by the Niger State Government on reforming revenue processes and information technology applications in the state. The moves are designed to institute improved health in the way government runs to bring desirable development to the people.

Further to and in line with the spirit as captured in the afforementioned, efforts are also being intensified on multiple fronts to ensure maximum collection of all revenues and blockage of all leakages. These are in line with the recent Consolidated Revenue Law passed by the Niger State House of Assembly and assented by His Excellency, Governor Abu Sani Bello.

While these efforts have begun to bear fruits, the State Government, like other states of the federation, has had shortfalls on revenue accruals to the state from Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), as well as IGR due to recession the country just started edging into.

Despite this situation which has been on even long before federal government officially announced recession, Niger state government has continued to manage payment of full salaries for months except for June 2020. However, and quite unfortunately, the shortfall worsened further this month again, giving a direct drop of over N1billion (One Billion Naira) in state's cash accrual from the federation account since September.

On another hand, combating insecurity has equally been daunting and has taken its toll on the resources of the state, as the personnel on the frontline of opposition to the insurgents have to be kitted well enough for the task. Can the state government avoid the task of carrying out her primary responsibility of guaranteeing the safety/security of the residents at whatever cost?

In consequence of ceaseless slide in revenue fortunes of the state, amidst ever widening pressure on resources, Niger state became compelled to have a salary reduction for the month of November for entire categories of civil servants and political appointees in the state, including the state governor.

The move to reduce salaries of all categories of workers , given this preceding explanation, is compelled by existential developments, and whatever has been deducted from workers shall be returned to them once the situation improves, as has been experienced by local government workers in the state. Regrettable and painful, the debacle is apparently unavoidable, and will very hopefully, be short-lived.

It is our sincerest hope that the situation would improve soonest so the government would reimburse the workers for the deducted percentage. Government is also deeply pained by the development and regrets the difficulties it may cause.

Hon. Commisioner of Information
Muhammad Sani Idris
25th October, 2020.

cc: mynd44

No justification for cutting salary, instead cut your appointees and spendings

Some things seem OK until you read them again and discovered that they make no sense.
This is a typical example of such.

Cutting cost is not a rocket science; reduce the numbers of your appointees by 50%, for Heaven sake, the number of political appointees in Trump administration is less than 22.
I am sure Niger will have close to 400 (commissioners, SAs, PAs, TAs)

Two, reduce frivolous spendings in the budget, how much is budgets on Miscellaneous, newspapers, Journals, Refreshments and Meals, Sports, Publicity, DTA, etc.

When you cut these unnecessary items, there will be money to pay salaries and you will still be able to save money for projects.

Karl Marx said it. It is a class struggle but most dunce don't get it.

but the governor has been unserious type since 2015 when he became governor. his excuse is not new to workers in niger state

But they won't cut their own salaries, car convoys and private jet expenses.

Nigerians need to seriously get these rogues in power to prune their lavish and insensitive lifestyles

helinues:
No justification for cutting salary, instead cut your appointees and spendings

There is.

Lol. Abu Lolo oo
He has been worse than Talba in all indices just as Bubu has been worse than Jonathan.
Shame on docile Nigerlites who gave this dude a second term like a piece of cake.
We warned them this will be the result but they ignored.
We told them a governor whose only achievement in his first term is paying salaries will definitely do worse in his second term.
Politicians are known to drop the bar in their second terms not raise it