So each apple cost ₦833.75 😂 😂 we are finished

Wike's Supporters led by Dr. Obinna Anyanwu the Etche LGA Chairman and his Chief of Staff Mr. Nwanko Ikechi attacked pro-Fubara support group in Etche LGA

The attack came when the pro Fubara group in Etche Local Government held a Thanksgiving service for the victory of the Rivers State Governor at the Supreme Court, the incident has been drawn condemnation online as it was said to portrait the Pro Wike group as the masterminders of political crisis in the state.

Chairman of council, Dr. Obinna Anyanwu, DSSRS, sponsored thugs that invaded, attacked, and destroyed our equipments meant for the thanksgiving party of supporters of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, GSSRS, at Afara community in Etche on Sunday said one Mr. Monday who was beaten at the venue.

The local government chairman, Dr. Obinna Anyanwu, instructed, directed and sponsored individuals, that attacked and burnt down all equipments which includes sound systems, generating set, canopies, chairs, decorations and others were all set ablaze at the venue


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtdaeUyk1pY?si=gl55X0bcZu-TT1cW

Point of correction please.

Governor Siminalayi Joseph Fubara is the leader of Rivers State PDP and the leader of Rivers State.

Not Wike

Mind your business

My prayer is for you guys to start Onana, then we will revisit this topic.

But I'm optimistic that we are going to win. Besides Musa and other key players hasn't been featured so far

Had it been that he is still a Governor, he would have Sacked the council Chairmen and bring in his men 😂 but this time around, things are different as the only option he has is to make press statements and appeal to them

RIVERS STATE 2024 BUDGET STATEMENT:
PRESENTED TO THE RIVERS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR SIMINALAYI FUBARA GSSRS,GOVERNOR, RIVERS STATE,
(13TH DECEMBER 2024).

Mr Speaker, Honourable Members, distinguished guests, ladies, and gentlemen.

2.​It is my pleasure to be before this hallowed chamber today to present our state’s budget estimates of Revenues and Expenditures for the fiscal year 2024.

3.​Before I proceed with my presentation, I wish to, again, thank God for the special opportunity to serve our people as their elected Governor.

4.​We thank our dear President, His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR for his special interest in the peace and progress of Rivers State and the bold steps he has taken to revamp the nation’s economy and sustainable development across the country.

5.​We are also grateful to the good people of Rivers State and the progressive members of the State House of Assembly for your continuing support and prayer for the success of our administration.

6.​We assure you that we will never take your trust and confidence for granted. We will remain faithful to our oath of office and do the best we can to advance the aspirations of our people for good governance, peace, security, and inclusive development.
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7.​Our spirit is high; our determination is forever strong as we remain focused on delivering on our mandate in an honest, accountable, just, and fair manner to all parts of the State and all segments of society.

8.​Under our watch, no part of the State will be neglected in our development agenda; no one will be left behind in the distribution of resources and opportunities.

9.​We reaffirm our commitment to working closely with the State House of Assembly to fulfil all our promises and take Rivers State to greater heights of peace, progress, and prosperity.

10.​ Mr Speaker, recall that we launched the construction of the Port Harcourt Dual Carriage Ring Road as a flagship project to accelerate the socio-economic development of our State. Julius Berger has since mobilized to the site and work on this multi-billion-naira project has begun.

11.​ In line with our consolidation mantra, we have in the last six months, completed many of the uncompleted projects we inherited from the immediate past administration, including roads, hospitals, and schools, while those not yet completed, have reached advanced stages of completion.

12.​ Some of the completed roads include Oyigbo – Okoloma Road, Alode – Onne Road, Botem-Gbene-Ue-Hiro Road, Mgbodahia internal roads, Ogbo-Uhugbogo-Udiemude Road, Omoku-Aligwu-Krigene road, Eneka internal roads, Ogbakiri internal roads, and Omagwa internal roads.

13.​ Other roads, which construction is proceeding very well include Ahoada-Omoku dualization, Emohua-Tema junction dualization, Umuakali – Eberi road, Alode-Ebubu-Eteo junction road, Egbu-Ehuda internal roads, Elelenwo internal roads, Rumuepirikom internal roads, phase 2, Bori city internal roads, the Ngo section of the Ogoni-Andoni-Opobo unity road, and the Opobo ring road and electrification projects.

14.​ On education, we have delivered Government Comprehensive Secondary School, Borokiri, Government Secondary School, Eneka, Government Secondary School, Emohua, Government Secondary School, Okehi, Comprehensive Secondary School, Alesa – Eleme, Government Secondary School, Ataba, and the 10,000 capacity University of Port Harcourt Auditorium. The hostel and auditorium projects at the Yenagoa campus of the Nigerian Law School are also almost completed.

15.​ Our commitment to healthcare delivery remains strong. Already, we have delivered the Professor Kelson Harrison Hospital, the Dental, Maxillofacial, Ear Nose Throat and Ophthalmology Hospital, and several primary healthcare centres across the state.

16.​ To accelerate the delivery of affordable housing, we have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with TAF Global Africa and turned the sod for the phased development of 20,000 units of houses in the State.

17.​This is another signature project of our administration, which is targeted at creating new model cities within Obio/Akpor and Ikwerre Local Government Areas of the State with enormous socio-economic benefits to the State and our people.

18.​ On sports development, we have opened the Real Madrid Football Academy for full academic and football training activities with the admission of the first batch of students. We have also rehabilitated the indoor basket hall and pitch at Niger Street, Port Harcourt.

19.​We are poised to stimulate industrialization by creating an enabling business environment to attract investors to invest in the different sectors of the State’s economy.

20.​To this end, plans are underway to organize the first Rivers State Investment Summit in decades to work out an investment and industrialization road map for the State.

21.​We have also approved three bills: the Rivers State Investment Promotion Agency Bill, the Rivers State Youth Entrepreneurship Development Trust Fund Bill, the Rivers State Electricity Bill, and the Rivers State New Towns Development Bill, which are critical to accelerating investments, job creation, energy security, economic empowerment, and the socio-economic advancement of the State when passed into law.

22.​Furthermore, we have concluded arrangements to launch the N4,000,000,000.00 seed fund in partnership with the Bank of Industry to support small and medium-scale enterprises across the State at a single-digit interest rate.

23.​We have also entered into a memorandum of understanding with an investor to build a modern spare parts market in the State.

24.​We appreciate the relevance and importance of the civil service to the development of the State through effective implementation of government policies and programmes.

25.​Consequently, our commitment is to strengthen and motivate the civil service for optimal and responsible performance through regular promotions, payment of salaries, pensions and gratuities, and the provision of a good working environment.

26.​Accordingly, we are happy to report that we are up to date in the payment of salaries and pensions to our civil servants and concluded the promotion exercise for our mainstream civil servants and other staff, except those without functional governing boards, such as the secondary school teachers and health to legally conduct the exercise, will be done as soon as we constitute the governing boards.

27.​We have restored water and installed new lifts at the State’s Secretariat complex to improve sanitation and ease access to the higher floors of the complex.

28.​Since we came on board, we have spent over 6 billion naira to pay the gratuities backlog to retired civil servants. Again, our commitment is to ensure that we clear all areas of gratuities owed to civils by previous administrations.

29.​Also, the recruitment exercise of 10,000 workers into the State’s civil service is almost completed and successful candidates will receive their engagement letters as soon as the report from the State’s Civil Service Commission is ratified by the State Executive Council.

30.​Finally, we have worked with security agencies, local governments, and community leaders to keep our State peaceful, safe, and secure. This is an achievement we will continue to further improve and sustain throughout the yuletide and beyond.

31.​Mr Speaker, I have highlighted some of our achievements in policies and projects as a relatively young administration implementing a budget and programmes we inherited from the immediate past administration.

32.​As we government, we are satisfied with the modest mileage we have gained in implementing our blueprint despite the prevailing economic hardship and the political challenges and distractions we faced since the inception of our government.

33.​Nevertheless, we can assure our people that the tempo of governance and delivery of services in our priority areas of investments and economic growth, infrastructure delivery and job creation, education, healthcare and human capital development, agriculture, and food security will gain traction and accelerate with speed and vigour in the new year.




2023 BUDGET PERFORMANCE REVIEW

34.​Mr Speaker, a total revenue of 755,666,987.238 was projected for the 2023 fiscal year. This sum included a supplementary estimate of 200,000,000,000.00, which we accessed for the exclusive purpose of funding the construction of the Port Harcourt Ring Road project.

35.​The breakdown of the 2023 budget was as follows:

(i) Recurrent Expenditure:​​​N175,249,692,201.00
(ii) Capital Expenditure:​​​​N380,417,395,037.00
(iii) Supplementary capital estimates:​N200,000,000,000.00
Total:​​​​​​N755,666,987.238.00

36.​As of October 2023, the total actual receipts from all sources, was approximately 66% performance on the revenue side.

37.​There were encouraging improvements in internally generated revenue receipts as against the projections for the year, while the performance of recurrent expenditure was 100%.

THE 2024 BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS

38.​Mr Speaker, Honourable Members, the 2024 budget, christened Budget of Promise is based on the following assumptions:

(i) oil price benchmark of $70 per barrel;

(ii) oil production rate of 1.5 million barrels per day; and

(iii) exchange rate of #750/US as projected by the Federal Government.


THE 2024 BUDGET SIZE
39.​The total projected revenue for Rivers State for the 2024 Fiscal Year is N800, 392,485,433.01 billion. This is constituted as follows:

(i) Recurrent Expenditure:​=​361,598,242,570.85​
(ii) Capital Expenditure​​=​410,266,485,090.64
(iii) Total:​​​​=​800,392,485,433.01

FINANCING THE 2024 BUDGET
40.​ The financial sources of the 2024 budget are as follows:

1. Internally Generated Revenue​​ - 231,057,836,945.00

2. Statutory Allocation - 68, 458,610.00

3. Mineral funds - 145, 526,581,463.00

4. Value Added Tax - 55, 650,000,000.00

5. Refunds Escrow, Paris/ECA - 1, 200,000,000.00

6. Refunds from bank charges - 1, 500,000,000.00

7. Excess Crude Account - 1, 700,000,000.00

8. Exchange rate gain - 1, 200,000,000.00

9. Forex equalization - 3, 000,000,000.00

10. Other FAAC - 5, 000,000,000.00

11. Asset sales - 20, 000,000,000.00

12. Capital receipts - 9, 879,557,210.00

13. Proposed internal/external grants - 24, 570,000,000.00

14. International Credits - 2, 000,000,000.00

15. Bonds - 237, 000,000,000.00

16. Internal loans - 235, 000,000,000.00

17. Prior year Balance - 6, 934,784,872.01

TOTAL = 800, 392,485,433.01

RECURRENT EXPENDITURE

41.​The Recurrent Expenditure is projected to be spent as follows:
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1. Personnel Emolument - 99, 588,939,939.39

2. New Recruitments - 28, 924,562,980.61

3. Overhead costs - 18, 871,623,339.00

4. Grants,contributions & subsidies - 7,908,000,000.00

5. Counterpart pension scheme - 15,000,000,000.00

6. Gratuities/Death Benefits - 77,850,000,000.00

7. Monthly pensions - 30,240,000,000.00

8. Domestic loans interest - 32,420,734,367.60

9. Foreign loan interest - 536,709,798.04

10. Domestic loan, principal repayment- 26,018,966,086.70

11. Foreign loan, principal repayment - 5,081,731,374.51

12. FAAC Deductions- 12,865,723,913.00

13. COT/Charges/General Admin - 5,000,000,000.00

CAPITAL EXPENDITURE

42.​The capital allocation of 410,266,485,090.64 represents about 51 per cent of the total budget projections for the fiscal year 2024.

SECTORAL ALLOCATION OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET

43.​The sectoral allocation of the capital budget is as follows:

1. Governance - 161,742,835,256.27

2. Information & Communication - 2,234,273,168.00

3.Public Administration - 13,852,493,641.59

4.Finance and Planning - 7,779,818,293.13

5. Agriculture - 20,311,574,254.53

6. Infrastructure - 128,003,540,952.66

7. Commerce and Investment - 1,787,418,534,40

8. Culture and Tourism - 1,381,187..049.31

9. Education - 40,426,441,994.74

10. Health - 30,555.506,748.20

11. Social Development - 10,155,787,127.27

12. Environment & Sustainable Development - 8,449,614,889.89

13.Judiciary - N 5,646,617,642.76

The 2024 Budget Policy and Objectives

44.​Hon. Speaker, the overall policy objectives of the 2024 budget are to promote economic development in the State through inclusive growth, the provision of critical infrastructure to support economic, business, and social activities, and the creation of an enabling environment for private sector-led industrialization, job creation and poverty reduction.

45.​We will strive to address the challenges of socio-economic inequalities by ensuring improved access to quality and affordable education, healthcare, water, electricity, housing, social investments, gender empowerment and social inclusion.

46.​This accounts for the reasonably high allocations in the 2024 capital budget to infrastructure, education, healthcare, social development, environment, sustainable development and agriculture.

47.​With these funds, we will build more road networks to interconnect the State, rehabilitate, equip, train and staff all dilapidated primary and secondary schools, build technical and vocational education centres, and allocate more funds to our tertiary schools to improve the quality of teaching, learning and research.

48.​We will also rehabilitate, equip and staff dilapidated primary healthcare facilities, restore, equip, and staff all our general hospitals, complete, equip and staff all five zonal hospitals, implement socially beneficial healthcare schemes, and introduce social investment schemes to fight poverty, social exclusion, and gender discrimination.

49.​Given the importance of the judiciary in the advancement of the rule of law, economic growth, and social accountability, we have also improved the allocation for the funding of the judiciary, law, and justice sectors in this budget to achieve effective and speedy dispensation of justice in the State.

50.​We will ensure that accessed local and international credits are used only for capital projects that would benefit economic growth, give attention to the completion of ongoing projects before embarking on new ones, and grow the economy through targeted investments in areas of comparative economic advantage, including commercial agriculture, electricity generation, renewable energy, oil and gas, housing, and sports development.

51.​We will also provide our young people with the skills and tools they need to succeed in the 21st-century economy and to ensure that education and healthcare are accessible to all regardless of background and means.

Conclusion
52.​Mr Speaker, Honourable Members, thank you again for your patriotism and dedication to the service and advancement of the State.

53.​The budget we have put forward reflects our commitment to responsible financial management and our dedication to the progress of our State and the well-being of our people.

54.​Our priorities are clear: to secure our State, foster sustainable economic growth, create opportunities for all, invest in the future, and ensure our collective prosperity.

55.​As we all know, the security and well-being of the people are the reason we are in government. The budgeting process is fundamental to the realization of this fundamental objective of state policy.

56.​We recognize the challenges we face as a State and the pointless efforts to frustrate and sabotage our government even before we get started. As you know desperate situations call for desperate measures. I assure you of our determination to weather the raging storm strategically and responsibly.

57.​Mr Speaker, I, therefore, commend this budget to the House of Assembly for your consideration and speedy passage.

58.​Thank you for your kind attention. God bless you all; God bless Rivers State.

when many of Pro Wike lawmakers are facing recall, how can they Elect new officials?

Again, a court order mandated them to maintain statute quote

Whalis:

U don't understand politics especially in Rivers State. Wike and his cohorts hold the ace. PBat can never sacrifice Wike if he has second term ambition. Fubara doesn't have what it takes to deliver even his opobo.
Let me reveal this to you.
Do you know Wike is still paying 6 people selected from each polling unit in Rivers State salary? This is the structure he is talking about and wants Fubara to maintain.

Stop deceiving yourself. 😂 I am the unit leader in my unit and Ward Youth leader. Out of the 23 LGAs we have here, Wike only has the assembly members loyal to him and few Elders.

As we speak, many State Constituencies has started the recall process of their Assembly members who aren't loyal to the Governor of Rivers State.

nairalandkachy1:
OPINION

Let the aviation ministry and the foreign affairs ministry do their jobs. If they on top of their duties as FCT Minister, you won't be saying this

As e dey sweet us, E deh Pain them.

As e dey pain them omor E deh sweet us.

When Buhari your uncle was rolling out anti southern Nigeria 🇳🇬 policies, why didn't you protest against it as you are doing now?

thesicilian:
Even before I saw the name of the writer, I already knew he was writing from the UK and would not hesitate to let us know that.

Na their way.

She even add her photo 📸

MrsTwrite:
It's not useful after all.
After all the years of suffer and struggle in the so called Alma mater you'll just end up as one cake vendor or printing recharge card at the comfort of your home, or okrika vendor, affiliate marketer, or wig vendor, shoe vendor, organic cream vendor etc.

Nigeria No Work!

"Where's the lie here? people just deh suffer for this country

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday read a riot act to the management staff of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), saying, “We are in to build Abuja of our dreams”.

While assuring them that, he is ever ready to fund the Secretariat, Departments, and Agencies of the administration to execute short projects to show our commitment.

Wike gave this hint during the handing-over ceremony, saying, I believed in the Renewed Hope of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and with your support we can achieve this.

According to him: “Everyone who has responsibilities must show commitment to doing the right things. The important thing we must do is to ensure that Abuja is back to what it ought to be. I moved around Abuja and found out there are total darkness in most of the places. What we need to do is to ensure light come back as soon as possible.

“Our environment must be kept clean, you must be on your toes. If you do not have the capacity, please leave. It is a privilege for us to be serving in this capacity and I will not allow anyone to drag me back. If you are in charge of sanitation. I will call you at any time of the day.

“We shouldn’t allow motor parks all over the place, something must be done, as soon as possible. If you cannot meet up my standard say it now so that we can change you. Yes, I have a soft spot for women, you have to take a decision, we must be firm, things must work.

“Things are tough, I agree, but that does not make us to be lawless. Street trading is prohibited, people selling corn, will drop their waste indiscriminately and these are the things that cause insecurity, criminals come to buy and use the opportunity to spy and give information to criminals. It is imperative we clear street hawkers.

“Development Control is a serious crisis area, we have to stop, why are there illegal structures and shanties everywhere? We will demolish any illegal structures, no matter how highly placed, the structure will come down,” he explained.

A day after H.E Barrister Nyesom Wike assumed office as the minister of the Federal Capital Territory with a threat to demolish illegal structures, the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) at the FCT Administration (FCTA) impounded at least 20 rickety vehicles, 10 tricycles and 15 motorcycles on Tuesday with a threat to crush them. Its Head of Operations, Mrs Deborah Osho, told newsmen during the raid that owners of the vehicles would also be prosecuted.

They would be prosecuted either for using rickety vehicles, or for operating from illegal motor parks or for breaking the law against the operation of commercial motorcycles and tricycles, she said. She explained that the raid was conducted to rid the federal capital city of illegal motor parks, rickety vehicles that were not road worthy, tricycles, and motorcycles and to keep the city clean. “The main goal is to keep the city clean and free of rickety vehicles littering the streets of the capital city.

Most of the commercial taxis, motorcycles and tricycles constituted nuisance in the nation’s capital city. This is unacceptable. “We are doing everything we can to address the problem and we will continue to clamp down on all rickety vehicles and taxis operating illegal parks around the city,’’ she stressed. Osho urged FCT motorists to be law-abiding and to respect all traffic rules and regulations to ensure safer roads, clean city and sanity in the capital city. In his remarks, Mr Peter Olumuji, Secretary, Command and Control, FCTA Taskforce enforcing sanity in the city, said ridding the city of all kinds of illegality would improve security.

Olumuji said that the DRTS would continue to go after operators of illegal motor parks, rickety vehicles, and operators of commercial tricycles and motorcycles in collaboration with security agencies.

Ranch the goddam cows and stop littering the street of Abuja with cows.

I'm with Wike on this

Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has again lampooned the administration of his predecessor, Bello Matawalle, saying the previous governor only left behind N4 million Naira.


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Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has again lampooned the administration of his predecessor, Bello Matawalle, saying the previous governor only left behind N4 million Naira.

Lawal, who said he has been running the affairs of the state on huge debt, said civil servants and security operatives in the state are owed salaries as there was not enough money in the state’s account.

Recall that Lawal assumed power on May 29, 2023. However, on Monday, during an interview with BBC Hausa, the incumbent Governor said senior secondary school students in Zamfara have not written the West African Examination Council ( WAEC) and the National Examination Council (NECO).

He said: “I have been running the affairs of the state on debt since I assumed office as governor of Zamfara. I met the treasury account of the state with no money. I only saw a single account with about N3 to N4 million in it.

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NIGERIA NEWSMatawalle: I Met Only N4 Million, I Have Been Running Zamfara On Debt – Gov LawalPublished 9 seconds ago on 20 June 2023By Richard Ogunsile
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Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has again lampooned the administration of his predecessor, Bello Matawalle, saying the previous governor only left behind N4 million Naira.

Lawal, who said he has been running the affairs of the state on huge debt, said civil servants and security operatives in the state are owed salaries as there was not enough money in the state’s account.

Naija News recalls that Lawal assumed power on May 29, 2023. However, on Monday, during an interview with BBC Hausa, the incumbent Governor said senior secondary school students in Zamfara have not written the West African Examination Council ( WAEC) and the National Examination Council (NECO).

He said: “I have been running the affairs of the state on debt since I assumed office as governor of Zamfara. I met the treasury account of the state with no money. I only saw a single account with about N3 to N4 million in it.

“It is about three months now, and we have yet to pay the workers’ salary. If you look at all the government agencies, the power supply to the buildings has been disconnected due to the hundreds of millions of debts incurred.

“The security agencies, for three months now, the allowance given to them for their daily operations has not been paid. Currently, students of senior secondary schools have not written their WAEC and NECO exams because the government owes over one billion Naira.”

Reacting to speculations that N20 billion was left in the treasury by the previous administration, Governor Lawal said the claim was false, adding that the past government should publicly present evidence showing the amount left in the state account.


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Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has again lampooned the administration of his predecessor, Bello Matawalle, saying the previous governor only left behind N4 million Naira.

Lawal, who said he has been running the affairs of the state on huge debt, said civil servants and security operatives in the state are owed salaries as there was not enough money in the state’s account.

Naija News recalls that Lawal assumed power on May 29, 2023. However, on Monday, during an interview with BBC Hausa, the incumbent Governor said senior secondary school students in Zamfara have not written the West African Examination Council ( WAEC) and the National Examination Council (NECO).

He said: “I have been running the affairs of the state on debt since I assumed office as governor of Zamfara. I met the treasury account of the state with no money. I only saw a single account with about N3 to N4 million in it.

“It is about three months now, and we have yet to pay the workers’ salary. If you look at all the government agencies, the power supply to the buildings has been disconnected due to the hundreds of millions of debts incurred.

“The security agencies, for three months now, the allowance given to them for their daily operations has not been paid. Currently, students of senior secondary schools have not written their WAEC and NECO exams because the government owes over one billion Naira.”

Reacting to speculations that N20 billion was left in the treasury by the previous administration, Governor Lawal said the claim was false, adding that the past government should publicly present evidence showing the amount left in the state account.

He said: “When I heard that, I asked that they should come and show me the account and make it public with evidence of the account where such an amount of money was kept.

“If I have that amount of money the previous administration claims they left for the state, I will pay all workers their salaries and provide adequate funds to the security agencies to protect the state.

“The issue of water has been no water in Gusau for about four months now. I had to borrow to purchase the chemicals for the water.


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Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has again lampooned the administration of his predecessor, Bello Matawalle, saying the previous governor only left behind N4 million Naira.

Lawal, who said he has been running the affairs of the state on huge debt, said civil servants and security operatives in the state are owed salaries as there was not enough money in the state’s account.

Naija News recalls that Lawal assumed power on May 29, 2023. However, on Monday, during an interview with BBC Hausa, the incumbent Governor said senior secondary school students in Zamfara have not written the West African Examination Council ( WAEC) and the National Examination Council (NECO).

He said: “I have been running the affairs of the state on debt since I assumed office as governor of Zamfara. I met the treasury account of the state with no money. I only saw a single account with about N3 to N4 million in it.

“It is about three months now, and we have yet to pay the workers’ salary. If you look at all the government agencies, the power supply to the buildings has been disconnected due to the hundreds of millions of debts incurred.

“The security agencies, for three months now, the allowance given to them for their daily operations has not been paid. Currently, students of senior secondary schools have not written their WAEC and NECO exams because the government owes over one billion Naira.”

Reacting to speculations that N20 billion was left in the treasury by the previous administration, Governor Lawal said the claim was false, adding that the past government should publicly present evidence showing the amount left in the state account.

He said: “When I heard that, I asked that they should come and show me the account and make it public with evidence of the account where such an amount of money was kept.

“If I have that amount of money the previous administration claims they left for the state, I will pay all workers their salaries and provide adequate funds to the security agencies to protect the state.

“The issue of water has been no water in Gusau for about four months now. I had to borrow to purchase the chemicals for the water.

“I also pleaded with some Indians who gave the state some machines for water supply. If the state is to purchase those machines, it will cost over N200 million.

“I can not say that I have permanently solved the water problem in Zamfara, but I will do my best to see that the problem is solved.”

Governor Lawal, however, assured that his administration would ensure that civil servants in the state are paid their salaries before observing the 2023 Eid-el-Kabir festival.

He added: “I want to assure civil servants in Zamfara that we will do our best to ensure all workers’ salaries are paid before Sallah.

“I will do whatever it takes to pay the workers’ salaries. I am making all necessary efforts to find support to pay the owed salaries.

“It depends on the amount of loan I am able to secure. If what the state can afford to pay is the salary of one month, I will do my best to pay it as it is our duty to ensure that we are able to carry out our responsibilities of paying the workers what they worked for.”

Na watin fit them.

Thieving ladies without ₦1 in their account.

Why is it that 96% of missing persons are always female?

Men no deh miss?

Doesn't this tell a story line?

And funny part is that, they're always seen after one or two weeks and nobody cares to tell us what happened or how she was located

Penis no be your mate oh

TermuxDarkWeb:
Nonsense. This man is crossing his bandry, first it was the innocent CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele and is EFCC chairman. He's creating Lifetime enemies, but it will surely hit him hard. Am not surprised it's government of Yourba he wants to fix only Yourba Muslims in higher positions. NONSENSE

Innocent CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele?

We joke too much in this country

The immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has disclosed what he would do if President Bola Tinubu offers him an appointment.

Wike said he would consult his wife and friends if Tinubu gives him an appointment.

Speaking with BBC Pidgin, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain also noted that he wants to rest after serving as a governor for eight years.

According to Wike: “I’m going to rest; I have worked for eight years, so I’m going to rest.

“Tinubu has not informed me about getting an appointment; I’m not too big to serve my country, but he has never told me that he would give me an appointment.

“If he asks me, the first thing I will do is ask my wife and friends what they think about it.

“I will also assess myself if I’m prepared. I will never do what I’m not ready for.”

Everyone want to embark on strike abi protest. Oya Na. We trekkers association will soon embark on protest.

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So he's not against removal of Subsidy?

Are you sure he's not benefitting from the subsidy?

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Nice congrats to our president

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South Korea 0 Vs 0 Nigeria

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A clumsy foul by Chan-Wook Lee (South Korea) and Jose Sanchez blows his whistle.

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Patrickyemi:
Omo Tinubu administration fit tough sha. My advice for Nigerians is to start a YouTube channel on Celebrity Gossips and make money so you don’t cry during economic recession. Let me teach you how is been done , mention me if interested, hold your 1k o

Hope say all your siblings don deh Learn the work oh because hardship go reach them too