… Establishes N500m pension liability …As Tambuwal gives automatic promotion to state SFTAS C’ttee Team The World Bank has granted Sokoto State government $22 million for its commitment to the implementation of the States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) program. A breakdown of the grant shows that the state got $5 million in November for approving COVID-19 budget while it it got the balance of $17.4 million for its 2019 fiscal performance two weeks ago. The state government clinched the grant after its astronomical score in the SFTAS ranking from 2/5 in 2019 to 14/15 in 2020, which puts…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, has described the State’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Suleiman Usman as a very smart person, dedicated, ardent and devout. He made the observation when he hosted a State Dinner in honour of the Commissioner at the Presidential Lodge, on Wednesday. According to him, the trajectory of Usman’s career has been “successful, remarkable and impactful over his 20 years of service both in public and private sectors.” Expressing gratitude to God, Tambuwal further described the Attorney-General “as someone who has lots of intellectual prowess, committed, passionate and has the fear of God.” The governor said…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto on Monday, announced that the Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto, SSCOE, would be upgraded to full-fledged university of education. The governor made the announcement at the occasion of golden jubilee and 22nd convocation of the college. According to Tambuwal, the decision to upgrade the institution is premised on the enviable track record it has established in the past half century, its “uncommon and trademark foresight, vision, creativity and leadership acumen historically associated with our forefathers for over two centuries.” In addition, the College “is one of the high-ranking teacher training institutions and among the…
The Sokoto state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Sunday, inaugurated the state and 23 local government caretaker committees. Speaking at the event, the leader of the party, Senator Aliyu Wamakko felicitated with the new leaders. Wamakko, who represents Sokoto North Senatorial District, also said that their reappointment on caretaker basis was as a result of their track records of unblemished leadership. According to him, Nigerians were aware that the people of the state have remained supportive to the APC, even as he assured of sustained efforts to make the party grow from strength to strength, at all…
I See Tambuwal As Man of Vision – Secondus Those were exactly the words of Prince Uche Secondus, National Chairman of the PDP when he came Sokoto on Wednesday, as the head of his party’s NWC on a tour of projects carried out by Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal. Prince Secondus and other leaders of PDP repeated the same remark in different ways through the day long visit, which took them to a number of ongoing and completed works of the Tambuwal administration. The team visited the ongoing Sokoto State University Teaching Hospital, SOSUTH; Girls Science Academy and Wamakko General…
The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus on Wednesday, commissioned a N420 million semi urban water scheme at Wamakko local government area of Sokoto state. The project, which is a brain child of Governor Aminu Tambuwal, has a reticulation reach of 7 km and is expected to supply 1.5 millon gallons per-day to populace. Speaking while commissioning the project, Secondus said that the provision of portable drinking water by Gov. Tambuwal will go a long way in improving healthcare delivery in the state and also impact on agricultural productivity. According to him, the people of…
The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has commended the governor of Sokoto state for executing various projects that have direct impact on the lives of the citizenry. Describing Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as a visionary leader which the PDP is proud of, Secondus noted that among the projects he along with the members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) inspected, the Sokoto State University Teaching Hospital (SOSUTH) when completed, will not only serve the people of Sokoto State but the entire North-West geo-political zone, the nation at large and even the neighbouring countries.…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto Wednesday night, signed the 2021 appropriation bill of N176,685,535,643:47 billion into law. Speaking at the ceremony, Tambuwal expressed appreciation to the Speaker and members of the Sokoto State House of Assembly for the remarkable passage of the bill into law. According to him, the feat showed the commitment and patriotism of the legislators in the discharge of their mandate to the people of the state. “You have properly demonstrated very uncommon patriotism devoid of partisanship,” he said while commended them for uniting together for the common man in the state irrespective of political party differences.…
Sokoto governor Aminu Tambuwal has announced that he tested negative to coronavirus, COVID-19. Recall that the governor on Friday informed the people of the state that we went into self isolation following his contact with persons known to have contacted the virus. However, in a statement he personally signed, Tambuwal said that the outcome of several tests he underwent showed he tested negative. “It can be recalled that I have gone into self isolation due to my close physical contact with personalities, who have tested positive to Covid 19 during my recent official trips. “During my isolation, I have subjected…
The Minister of Environment, Muhammad Mahmood has announced the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari for the establishment of Allawa, Kamuku and eight other additional National Parks in the country. The Minister disclosed during a press briefing held at the Green Building recently in Abuja that the new parks would add up to the existing seven under the management of the National Park Service, NPS. The existing parks are the Kamuku National Park in Kaduna state; Kanji Lake National Park in Niger and Kwara states; Gashaka-Gumti National Park in Adamawa and Taraba states and the Chad Basin National Park in Borno…