Kano State Government has said that all political office holders in the state are to receive half salary with immediate effect from May.
The State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, hinted that this is due to shortfall in the federation account and collapse in the Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, because of COVID-19 challenges.
Governor Ganduje said, “Due to shortfall of the price of oil in the global market which affects world economy and eventually causes serious shortfall in the federation account for states, the state slashes the salary of all political office holders by 50 per cent.
“There is also a serious setback in the IGR due to COVID-19 pandemic challenges. Whereas almost all companies in the state are no longer in operation due to lockdown. So also other areas where the state gets revenue are no longer operational. This also is another reason for giving political office holders half salary.”
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This includes the Governor and his Deputy, all Commissioners, Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants, Special Assistants among others. At the local government level, those affected are Chairmen, Deputy Chairmen, elected Councilors, Supervisory Councilors, Advisers, and Secretaries of Local Governments.
