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Staff salaries not an issue in Abaji – Chairman

- By Abubakar Sadiq Isah

The Chairman of Abaji Area Council, Alhaji Abdulrahma­n Ajiya, has said payment of staff salaries is no longer an issue in the council as he has paid up to date.

Speaking while presenting his scorecard as he marked one year in office yesterday, Ajiya, said despite the meagre resources accruing to the council, his administra­tion has been able to pay salaries and other entitlemen­ts to staff.

He said the past administra­tion under the leadership of Alhaji Yahaya Garba Gawu, left a liability of three months staff salaries but he was able to clear that and move on.

He said that his administra­tion was among the few that have been able to meet the obligation­s of its staff.

He assured that despite several challenges, his administra­tion will intensify efforts to meet up with some of the expectatio­ns of the electorate.

The chairman, however, said that his administra­tion has been able to touch the lives of both people of the rural areas and Abaji town, through provision of social amenities, such as electricit­y, a healthcare centre and the establishm­ent of junior secondary school.

He added that the council has provided water and recticulat­ion at Unguwar Sokodabo street.

City News reports that the council chairman at the event presented motorcycle­s to vigilante groups, members of motorcycle union, water pumping machines, sprayers and agro chemicals to groups of rural farmers in the area.

 ?? Photo: Abubakar Sadiq Isah ?? Chairman of Abaji Area Council, Alhaji Abdulrahma­n Ajiya ( 2nd right), Speaker of the council, Abubakar Sadiq Yahaya (right), a chieftain of the APC, Alhaji Musa Yahaya Muhammad (left) and wife of the council chairman, Mrs Fatima Ajiya, during the...
Photo: Abubakar Sadiq Isah Chairman of Abaji Area Council, Alhaji Abdulrahma­n Ajiya ( 2nd right), Speaker of the council, Abubakar Sadiq Yahaya (right), a chieftain of the APC, Alhaji Musa Yahaya Muhammad (left) and wife of the council chairman, Mrs Fatima Ajiya, during the...

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