As part of efforts to cushioning the
effect of non-payment of salaries on the
affected
workers in kwara state, the Speaker of the State
House of Assembly, Right Ali Ahmad has
has donated 100
bags of rice to teachers and local
government
staffs in the state.
Ahmad who described the gesture as not
been
political stressed that it was his personal
contribution to alleviate the workers’
sufferings
especially in the month of Ramadan.
The Speaker handed
over the items to the executives of both
Nigeria
Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Nigeria
Union of
local Government Employees (NULGE) in
Ilorin.
He however assured them that the House
has
been working round the clock with the
Executive
to ensure that non-payment of salaries in
the
local government is resolved as soon as
possible.
Earlier, the chairman of kwara state chapter of Nigeria Union of Teachers Alhaji Musa Abubakar had lauded
the
Speaker for the donation, describing the
gesture
as first of its kind any individual have done
to
alleviate their sufferings.
Our correspondent olarotimi oshin reports
that the gesture came at the time some
SUBEB and local government workers now
beg for food in the state.
our correspondent gathered that lots of
unpaid SUBEB and local government
workers are on the street begging for
food.
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