Rabiu Omaku,
The Nasarawa State Executive Council has approved money to the tune of N2bn for the payment of emoluments of old citizens in the State.
The Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to Governor Abdullahi Sule said the incumbent administration has focused its attention on retirees by approving N2bn for their entitlements.
He said the State Government is current and caring on retirees’ benefits, and that it is conscious of retirees’ condition.
The SSA opined that the State Governor which met a heavy backlog of pension and gratuity of pensioners in Nasarawa State from State creation from 1996 was able to update his payment to 2011..
He opined that retirees from Nasarawa State did not deserve so much untold suffering and hardship.
SSA on Public Affairs to Governor Abdullahi Sule congratulates the New NUJ Chairman on her landslide victory. At the recent NUJ election held in Nasarawa State.
As the SSA on Public Affairs said, the bi-monthly briefing, which started under the former NUJ Chairman, will continue.
The SSA on Public Affairs opined that the reason behind the bi-monthly briefing by the State Government is to brief the press on the latest development in the State,He added
The State Executive Council convened an SEC meeting on mining issues in the Eddo community of Nasarawa Local Government Area, specifically the Eddo Lithium processing plant.
He revealed that the Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has acquired a mining license for the State Government.
He confided that a deal of N2.6bn with the company given out money to the tune of N1.5bn as a signature bonus which will involved security agencies and traditional rulers which amounted to,$2.6bn which was meant to execute projects in the host communities.
On the issue of recruitment of 1000 rural teachers,which he said the 1000 primary school teachers will be based on merit.
The State Government also announced the construction of a model school, two in each of the three senatorial zones
