BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – As Sokoto State Government commences payment of the 70,000 naira new minimum wage, the state chapter of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed to support the state by fishing out ghost workers as much as possible. Giving the assurance in his office on Monday after commending...
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Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu on Saturday signed the state’s 2025 Appropriation Bill into Law. While signing the bill, Aliyu pledged to deliver additional dividends of democracy and accelerate ongoing development initiatives in the state. Describing the state’s 2024 budget implementation as a resounding success, the governor reaffirmed his...
Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has called on Christians in the state to use the festive season to promote peaceful coexistence. In a message issued by his Press Secretary, Malam Abubakar Bawa, on Wednesday in Sokoto, the governor felicitated with Christians as they celebrate Christmas. “Sokoto is known for...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto state Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has flagged off the distribution of 2024 dry season fertilizers to farmers across the state. The governor while speaking in Wamakko village, headquarter of Wamakko LGA, divulged that, each of the 23 LGAs in the state will be given...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu on Friday presented N526.882 billion to the State House of Assembly for consideration and approval. Governor Aliyu, who tagged the 2025 budget: “Transformation and Infrastructural Sustainability“, assured that the state government would commence the payment of N70,000 new minimum wage...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has appealed for local solutions to local problems, even as he admitted that the devaluation of Naira has greatly affected purchasing powers of Nigerians. The governor, who spoke before commencing the 9th State Executive Council meeting on Wednesday at...
Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State on Tuesday granted pardon to 113 inmates at the Sokoto Correctional Centre in commemoration of Nigeria’s 64th Independence Anniversary. Speaking through the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Nasiru Binji, Aliyu said the pardon was in line with Section 212 of the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has said the state contributes approximately 40 percent of the total onions consumed in Nigeria, thus making the state the highest producer in the country. The governor, who made this submission at the ongoing 6th International Conference On Onion...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto state governor, Ahmed Aliyu has inaugurated the state monitoring committee and local government coordinators to ensure the unhindered sales of it’s 55 percent discounted grains and others. Addressing them at the Government Chamber on Monday, the governor disclosed that those appointed were on...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu on Wednesday at the Sultan Maccido Institute for Quaranic and General Studies flagged off the disbursement of monthly imprest to 87 Jumu’at mosques across the state. The governor who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, (SSG)...
By BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to improving the lives of all citizens in the state. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony for the distribution of palliatives to needy Nigerians at the Government House, the governor assured that his policies...
A Sokoto Chief Magistrate Court on Friday remanded Shafi’u Umar in a corrections centre for allegedly circulating falsehood against Gov. Ahmad Aliyu and his wife on social media platform. Umar, 37, who was the Special Assistant to former Gov. Aminu Tambuwal is charged with circulating injurious falsehood and engraving...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Press Secretary to Sokoto State Governor, Abubakar Bawa, on Thursday debunked news making the round that the state government spent a whooping sum of 1.2 billion naira to renovate bore holes in Wurno Local Government Area of the state. The governor’s spokesperson who...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In continuation of his quest for the safety of the lives and property of citizens in Sokoto State, Governor Ahmed Aliyu has approved the construction of a road in Tureta Local Government Areathat will open up the den of bandits terrorising the Sokoto/Gusau route....
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto- Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has appealed to the people of the state to assist relevant security agencies with useful information as the only way of defeating bad eggs from amongst their communities. Governor Aliyu, who made the appeal in Gudu Local Government,...
BY ANKELI EMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has visited Dundaye community where a boat mishap claimed the lives of additional five persons over the weekend. During the visit on Wednesday, the governor announced a donation of N30 million to the affected families. Under the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Resident communities in Sokoto state under the auspices of Progressive Nigeria Movement, Thursday staged a protest in support of president Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko and governor Ahmed Aliyu, saying the #EndBadGovernance/hunger protest was sponsored by those that lost elections...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has appealed to youths in the state to take advantage of the various skill acquisition programmes being introduced by his administration geared towards making them self-reliant. Governor Aliyu gave the charge on Monday in a statement issued by...
Sokoto State Governor, Ahmad Aliyu, has directed local government Chairmen and Local Government Education Authority officials who tampered with the N30,000 sallah gifts to return the money. The governor gave the directive in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Malam Abubakar Bawa, on Sunday. ‘The...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL , Sokoto – Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has advised Nigerian politicians and leaders to make food security a top priority, in addition to ensuring health and overall security of lives and properties of the citizenry. The former president, who spoke in Sokoto during the formal...