Sokoto State Government through the ingenuity of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal may have become the first state in Nigeria to pay the January salary of 2021.
The payment of salaries before the 24th day of the month, accordingly affirms the Governor’s vow to always make the welfare of workers his top priority, even in challenging economic circumstances.
The state it will be recalled was among the first to pay its workers the new minimum wage salary with effect from December 2019.
A Grade Level 9 worker in the state Ministry of of Health, name withheld told the Whisperer she was pleasantly surprised to see the salary alert on her phone.
“With the economy of the country nearly brought to a standstill and a deliberate lockdown policy to control the spread of the Coronavirus disease, it had been feared that payment of workers salaries would be delayed especially since we had done virtually nothing than stay at home with our families for most of January. May God bless our dear Governor for his deep commitment to the welfare of the workers” she added.
