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Sani Gazas Chinade
Yobe State Commissioner Ministry of Home Affairs Information and Culture Alhaji Abdullahi Bego has clarified the reasons for the deduction witnessed in the July salaries of the Local Government Workers, saying it is a temporary measure caused by the economic situation but will be formalized as soon as the situation improves by the will of Allah.
Alhaji Abdullahi Bego made this known during a press briefing held at the NUJ Secretariat, Damaturu the State Capital on Thursday.
The Commissioner said they are very pleased to be amid Journalists to discuss a very important issue that has drawn comments from various quarters in the past few days. “This is the issue of salary adjustment at the local government level”.
“As many of you are possibly aware, the Yobe State Government considers it a priority that workers’ salaries are paid promptly and timely. This is why here in Yobe State, salary payments are the first-line charge from government revenue receipts.
“This means that at the end of every month, the state government would first pay the salaries of workers before undertaking any – and all – other expenditures”.
“And the records speak for themselves. Over the past many years, the state government has been very prompt – every single month – in ensuring that workers see their payment alerts without fail”.
According to the Information Commissioner “In the recent period, however, the global economic downturn – some would call it economic recession – in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic has meant that revenue receipts up and down the levels of government are plummeting”.
“These revenue shortfalls, as you all know, have begun to affect everything from the capacity of the government to provide key social services to the people to the fare you pay at the motor park.
“But it is – and has always been – the basic responsibility of government to provide basic social services to the people, including water supply, medicines, and drugs in hospitals, clinics, and health centers, feeding for students in schools and general support for educational development, agric input to farmers, and the roads that make commerce and commuting easier. These are facts about which we all agree.