nasarawa

I Cant Pay Minimum Wage- Gombe State Governor Says

March 3, 2020 9:19 am

Gombe State Governor, Muhammad Yahaya, has decried the inability of his administration to pay the N30,000 minimum wage to workers in the state.

The governor who was interviewed during Channels Television’s News Night said there is no way he can mint money in a bid to meet the workers’ needs.

“The situation is like everywhere else. Our own is terribly worse because as a state, if you check through the revenue table, Gombe is virtually second to the last.

“I think we only top Nasarawa and Ekiti or we go virtually at the same level. There’s no way I …

VP Osinbajo Inspects 3,000 Hectares Farm In Nasarawa

October 17, 2019 6:11 pm

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday visited the Nigerian Farmers Group and Cooperative Society (NFGCS) farm centre located in Gaa’te village, Kokona Local Government Area, Nasarawa State.

Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, said in a statement in Abuja, that the vice president was accompanied by Gov. Abdullahi Sule on the visit.

Osinbajo commended the communities in Hadari Emirate district in Kokona LGA for coming together to form a farm settlement for the production of livestock and crop products under the auspices of the NFGCS.

He described the NFGCS farm as a true Nigerian story of honesty, hard work and cooperation regardless …

INEC suspends Nasarawa LG results indefinitely

March 11, 2019 3:26 am

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended indefinite collation of Nasarawa local government area, following criminal destruction of electoral materials by suspected thugs.

Results of 43 local council areas had already declared. Incumbent Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won in 29 local government and Eng. Abba Kabiru Yusuf held firm in 14 local government areas declared so far.

With the inconclusive results, the PDP candidate maintain strong lead with a difference of 6,608 votes.

The results of Nasarawa local government which is now a subject of controversy among the PDP and the APC

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