Musa Na Allah Sokoto
Civil servants in Sokoto have appealed to His Eminence the Sultan of Sokoto and other well-meaning leaders in the state to press on Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal to settle the arrears of their 2023 February and March salaries.
The group under the aegis of Coalition of Sokoto state Civil servants made the appeal on Tuesday while addressing journalists on the plight of over 5000 civil servants that could not be paid the February and March salary by the state government.
Addressing the press the leader of the Coalition Comrade Ibrahim A Musa of Shehu Shagari College of Education said as of Friday last week more than 10,000 civil servants in the state have not received their February and March salaries.
He said the comments made by the State Commissioner, for Information Muhammad Akibu Dalhatu that the state government is not owing civil servants arrears of two months’ salary has provoked the affected civil servants to hold the press conference and seek the intervention of His Eminence the Sultan and other well-meaning people in the state.
The matter according to the coalition leader has been tabled before the state chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress. The state chairman of the NLC however gave the coalition the green light to go ahead with their press conference.
“Before now, none of the civil servants in the state banking with UBA, First Bank, Keystone Bank, and Guarantee Trust Bank were not paid their February and March salary”.
“If the present Administration failed to listen to the words of wisdom from well-meaning individuals in the state, we will be left with no option than to approach the court to seek legal redress.
“We have families and other dependents who solely rely on us for their survival,” how do you think we can manage them at these crucial moments without our little monthly earnings?
Since the declaration of Sokoto state Governor Elect Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto, Senior civil servants in the state have been living in fear with many of their offices closed. During a visit to the two secretariats in the state, Usman Faruk and Shehu Kangiwa, only messengers and cleaners are seen conducting their normal duties
