No fewer than 13 Permanent Secretaries and 2,888 other categories of civil servants are yet to be paid their retirement benefits by the Zamfara Government, the state’s Pensions Commission has disclosed. Secretary of the State/Local Governments Contributory Pensions Commission, Alhaji Mansur Mustapha, who made this known to journalists in Gusau, added that the previous administration had stopped paying gratuities, until the present administration came and began releasing N100 million monthly to settle the backlog. “To show you the extent of the problem, if the statutory N100 million is released to…
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Gov. Matawalle of Zamfara commends Umahi for dumping PDP, take a swipe at S/South Governors
Governor Muhammed Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has commended his Ebonyi counterpart, Governor Dave Umahi, for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The commendation was contained in a press release signed by Zailani Bappa, the Special Adviser to Governor Matawalle on Media, and made available to journalists in Gusau. Matawalle, who also belongs to the PDP, said he would “rather commend Umahi for his bold decision rather than condemn him “because everyone feels welcome only in a house where he feels comfortable’’. He said…
Read MoreZamfara gets New FRSC Sector Commander
Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC), Zamfara Sector Commander, Idris Ali, has assumed duty. This was contained in a statement signed by FRSC’s Public Enlightenment Officer, Falalu Bello, on Thursday in Gusau. Ali, who joined the service of the Corps in 1997, hails from Yobe State, according to the statement. He served in various capacities within the corps, and until his new appointment, he was the sector commander in Kogi State. The new sector commander assured people of the state that he would use his wealth of experience in the corps…
Read MoreSchool’s resumption: Zamfara trains 2000 SUBEB officials on COVID-19 protocols
The Zamfara State Universal Basic Education Board (ZSUBEB) has started the training of 2000 officials to ensure compliance with the COVID-19 protocols when its schools re-open in November.The Board’s Chairman, Alhaji Abubakar Maradun, who disclosed this in Gusau on Monday, said that the training was part of the state government’s preparations towards reopening schools in the state.The government had recently announced November 1st, as the resumption date for primary and secondary schools across the state.Maradun said that the training was part of the government measures to ensure adherence to COVID-19…
Read MoreMilitary airstrike hits bandits’ camp, kill scores in Zamfara – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters says the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji has eliminated several armed bandits and destroyed their logistics facilities in massive airstrikes conducted in the Kwiambana Forest in Zamfara. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Enenche said the hit was a continuation of air interdiction missions being executed under subsidiary Operation Wutan Daji II to rid the North-West zone of armed bandits and other criminal elements. He explained that the location was designated for the attack after…
Read MoreZamfara: APC members protest arrest of colleague accused of holding secret meeting with bandits
Thousands of the All Progressives Congress supporters in Zamfara State on Sunday converged the state police command’s headquarters in Gusau to demonstrate over the arrest of 17 of their members. The police had on Saturday arrested the APC members at the residence of one of the party’s stalwart, Alhaji Abubakar Dantabawa. The party’s supporters, who were angry with the arrest of their political associates, demanded that they should be released and threatened to take drastic action against the police. The police threw tear gas canisters at the protesting APC supporters…
Read MoreZamfara: Marafa faction dares APC panel over sack threat
The Zamfara State faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) loyal to Senator Kabiru Marafa, said the decision of the Mai Mala Buni-led National Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee, to sack its chairman would spell doom for the party. State Publicity Secretary of the faction, Alhaji Bello Bakyasuwa, said this in an interview in Abuja on Wednesday. According to him, the decision of the national caretaker committee to empower the faction of the party loyal to the former governor of the state, Abdullaziz Yari, to expel members of the Marafa-led…
Read MoreZamfara: Foreigners buying gold, precious stones with arms, says Gov Matawalle
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has attributed the influx of guns in the state to foreigners who use arms to pay for gold and other mineral deposits in the state. Speaking with reporters after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, Matawalle said one of the measures his administration will take to check the illegal trade is to buy some of the resources after they have been mined. “It is very important to us as a government to know the root cause of insecurity. Zamfara state is blessed with many mineral…
Read MoreZamfara: Bandits kill one, abduct ex-Commissioners’ children, NSCDC officer
The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of four persons in the house of a former Commissioner of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Mohammed Bello Dankande Gamji in his Gamji home town of Bakura Local Government Area of the state. “This was made known in a press statement signed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Mohammed Shehu. “The report which was received at about 0500hrs of today indicates that, at about 0430hrs, a large number of armed bandits stormed the house and kidnapped two of…
Read MoreSoldier jailed 55 years for killing WHO staff in Zamfara
A General Court Martial sitting in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced a soldier to 55 years imprisonment over culpable homicide, burglary and theft, a report by PRNigeria said. The soldier, Lance Corporal Ibrahim Babangida, was alleged to have killed one Bello Abdullahi Aliyu and also robbed his car at Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State in 2014. Aliyu was then a staff of the World Health Organisation in the state. Corporal Babangida was also accused of stealing a mobile phone and N600,000 from various persons on separate occasions. President of…
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