The Niger State Government has called for the understanding of civil servants and political appointees over salary reduction from the month of November following the short fall from the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), as well as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the State.
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello described the situation as unfortunate, especially now that the economy is hitting hard on people due to recession.
He, however, said the decision is temporal and is hopeful that soonest the situation will improve.
Governor Sani Bello, who attributed the short fall to the present poor economic disposition of the country, said it is not peculiar to the state.
The Governor noted that he is not unaware that a labourer deserves his full wage hence his administration will expedite actions towards thinking outside the box on ways to improve the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the state so as to compliment whatever is coming from the FAAC.
He said, it is in line with this, that he recently assented to the Consolidated Revenue Law passed by the Niger State House of Assembly.
The Governor appealed for the understanding of all civil servants, political appointees and their dependants assuring that government would not hesitate to do the needful as soon as the economic situation improved
