Governor. Ahmed gave this assurance at a meeting with the All Progressives Congress (APC) Stakeholders in Ilorin, the state capital, adding that through the presentation of the BVN, salaries of local government workers and State Universal Basic Education teachers, which had been a major problem would become a thing of the past.
According to the governor, with the approval by the Debt Management Office of the N20 billion Bond to be secured by the State, the tempo of the development of infrastructure in the state would be faster.
Some of the projects tied to the bond, the governor said, include the expansion of some major roads in the State capital, construction of two new campuses of Kwara State University in Ilesha-Baruba and Osi in Baruten and Ekiti local government areas respectively.
“With increased internally generated revenue, the youth empowerment and employment programme of this administration would also improve tremendously”, he promised.
Governor Ahmed called for greater unity among the people of the State, stressing that ” our strength is in our unity as it creates better understanding and development; indications that things will get better “.
On local government elections, Dr Ahmed charged APC local and ward chairmen and stakeholders in the state to be fully prepared in their respective council areas through inclusive approach in the emergence of candidates for elections in all the 16 local government areas of the state.
He advised that the principle of zoning formula, loyalty, credibility must be put into consideration before councillorship and chairmanship candidates could emerge.
In Sokoto State, as part of efforts to sanitise the state’s civil service and permanently tackle the menace of ghost workers, the state government has instructed all workers to submit their Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) before they could be paid next month’s (April) salaries.
The government said submission of the BVN forms part of the ongoing verification of staff workforce and the updating of records of all employees in the state civil service.
The directive also affects workers at the local government level.
A statement issued by the spokesman of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Malam Imam Imam in Sokoto on Sunday, said the state Head of Service has been instructed to ensure prompt compliance to enable all workers update their records.
The statement said the ongoing verification exercise at the local government level has led to saving of substantial amount of money, and the effort will continue until the payroll is completely sanitized.
