Zamfara: Matawalle Paid Civil Servants ₦7,000 As Salary – Minister’s Ex-Aide

Zamfara: Matawalle Paid Civil Servants ₦7,000 As Salary – Minister’s Ex-Aide

Zamfara: Matawalle paid civil servants N7,000 as revenue – Minister’s ex-aide slams APC

By John Owen Nwachukwu

Mr Lawal Idris, a former Senior Special Assistant to the instantaneously beyond Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has slammed his former boss, describing his management as a failure.

He defined the tenure of Matawalle because the darkish days of political upheavals, monetary stagnation, lack of confidence and confusion, whilst civil servants had been owed months in their wages and pensions.

According to him, his former fundamental couldn’t pay the then minimal salary of N30,000.00, however paid N7000.00 to civil servants.

He stated this in reaction to a factional All Progressives Congress, APC, Publicity Secretary withinside the State, Yusuf Idris Gusau, who stated that the charge of the a great deal awaited N70,000.00 minimal salary via way of means of Gov Dauda Lawal became a deceit to hoodwink civil servants that he’s an movement governor who has their welfare at heart.

In reaction , Idris, a former aide to Matawalle, stated that the APC is resentful of the achievements of Gov Lawal in slightly years in workplace , which in line with him, passed the 4 years of the instantaneously beyond APC-led authorities of Matawalle.

According to him, the APC continues to be groaning over its defeat withinside the 2023 governorship election.

Writing on behalf of Zamfara Rescue Movement, Idris stated , “To kingdom that the governor is operating hard, specifically withinside the implementation of the minimal salary to civil servants as a ‘deceit’ to advantage their guide is a planned distortion of [truth].

“To distort statistics and attempt to incite residents in opposition to the authorities they overwhelmingly voted into workplace and nonetheless guide is unpatriotic and counterproductive.

“Partisan politics have to be set apart because the authorities strives to offer dividends of democracy to residents .

“This is what APC did not understand. Politics of bitterness has no area in Zamfara State, which became why the humans voted out the birthday birthday celebration withinside the 2023 gubernatorial election and why the birthday birthday celebration additionally stays factionalized withinside the kingdom with out path and future.

“The authorities of Bello Matawalle of APC couldn’t pay then minimal salary of N30,000.00, alternatively he paid N7000.00 to civil servants for a month revenue .

“Civil servants had been demoralised and impoverished which grossly affected their potentials and productiveness vital in charting monetary boom and prosperity.

“Despite this meagre revenue people and pensioners had been similarly owed months in their wages and pensions; promotion, human capital improvement trainings etc, had been suspended because of loss of projects and strategic control of scarce resources.

“It became this environment of despondency and lack of confidence that forced the best humans of Zamfara State to vote out a sitting governor, Bello Matawalle of APC.

“For the humans of Zamfara, the darkish days of political upheavals, monetary stagnation, lack of confidence and confusion in governance is over.

“All blessings to former contributors of the State House of Assembly had been settled, finances to Ministries, Departments and Agencies withinside the kingdom withheld for 2 years via way of means of the Matawalle’s management had been released.”