Why I’m not paying salaries in instalments – Gov Sule

Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule has said he will not pay salaries in percentages because throughout his about 30 years’

Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule has said he will not pay salaries in percentages because throughout his about 30 years’ working life, he never received his salary in bits.

He stated this while parleying with suspended local government Directors of Personnel Management (DPMs) and Finance and Supplies (DFAs), at the government house in Lafia.

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He said with what God has done for him, his conscience will not be clear, if as chief executive of the state, he paid salaries in percentages.

Engineer Sule, who was meeting for the first time with the suspended LG DPMs and DFAs, said he invited them to hear from them in the spirit of fair hearing.

While reaffirming his administration’s respect for financial autonomy for the local government, the governor said he is interested in the affairs of the councils because the welfare of the entire people of the state is his responsibility.

Responding on behalf of the suspended LG officials, Mohammed Baban Keke,  DFA Karu LG,  thanked the governor for according them fair hearing.