Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State has said some state governments in the country may find it hard to pay workers salaries in the next three to six months unless their situation changes.
This was his assertion at the foundation laying ceremony for construction of three blocks of 12 classrooms, office block and a computer centre at Kadandani Community Secondary School in Rimi Local Government Area of the state by Continental Computers.
“In three to six months time, some states will find it difficult to pay salaries due to fall in the price of oil in the market,” said the governor who spoke in Hausa.
Masari pointed out that the price of crude oil, the major source of the nation’s foreign earnings, has dropped drastically in the last few months.
The governor blamed the past 16-year rule of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a contributory factor to the cash crunch of most state governments.
He re-affirmed that he would not squander the state’s resources as part of his administration’s efforts to ensure Katsina treasury would not be in a terrible situation.
On the request for Kadandani community for the completion of kadandani-Kuraye-Yargamji road project, the governor, who revealed that the contractor handling the project was not paid by the previous administration, assured that he would do everything possible to revive the project.
The chief executive of Continental Computers, Salisu Mamma, said he was complementing the efforts of government in restoring the lost glory of the education sector in the state.
In the same vein, Masari said arrangements have been concluded to set up a Commission of Inquiry for the recovery of N47,111,700,611 from fraudulent officials of previous administrations in the state. Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Ahmed Usman
El-Marzuk, who disclosed this at the end of the state’s second emergency executive council meeting, said as soon as the council completes its deliberations on the report of the draft white paper, the commission will be set up to recover the money.
El-Marzuk added that no less than N33,300,588,280 is to be recovered from the state ministry of local government and chieftaincy affairs.
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