Hon. Nasiru Mu’azu Magarya who is the Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly has lauded the monthly unconditional cash transfer which had been introduced by Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle as a catalyst which had been instigated against insecurity and abject poverty in the State.
The Speaker had also disclosed this to newsmen in the state while he had been commenting on the program, while noting that it would take care of the multidimensional socio-economic challenges among some of the less privileged and vulnerable ones in the state.
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He had also commended the Governor for the brilliant strategies to pull the people out of the serious security challenges and abject poverty ravaging the entire state.
“In addition to the strong institutionalisation of social protection by assenting to the child protection, social protection, and disability laws recently passed by the state House of Assembly, the Governor has proved to be a good leader,” he said.
The Speaker had also appealed to the electorates in the state to support all government programme and then he had also advised those responsible for the implementation of the new cash transfer programme at different levels to make sure that they put the fear of Allah while providing the list of beneficiaries.
”Proper coordination and effective targeting mechanism should guide the process for it to succeed,” he advised.”
According to him, the monthly cash transfer of N10,000 to 50 beneficiaries from each of the 147 wards in the state.
In another report, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have all come out to openly express their utter displeasure over the non-implementation of the ₦30,000 normal minimum wage which had been slated for workers in Zamfara State.
This had been contained in a statement which had also been jointly issued by the Acting State Secretary of NLC, Mr Ahmed Abubakar and TUC Secretary, Sani Kwotorkwoshi, on Thursday in Gusau.
According to the statement by some of the labour unions, the state government had not actually shown the required zeal and political will to get to fully implement the new minimum wage. They had also noted that the government negotiators were either not reporting the true picture of the situation or the government is acting deliberately to deny workers their rights.