Ganduje also faulted the recent comment by Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State who said the North-West governors were working at cross purposes, hence the escalation of security challenges in the region.
Elsewhere in Bauchi, Governor Bala Mohammed said some herders were left with no option than to carry arms to protect their wealth from rampaging cattle rustlers.
He also said all forests belonged to the federal government and all citizens have the right to make use of them; and lambasted Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State for allegedly fanning the embers of hatred against the Fulani herders but paid tribute to his counterpart in Plateau, Simon Lalong, for being a peacebuilder.
By Ayinde Olaide
Bauchi, Feb. 11, 2021 Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state, on Thursday, directed that the sum of N500 million naira, out of the monies saved from ghost workers in the state, be set aside to pay the gratuities of some retired civil servants in the state.
Mohammed disclosed this in Bauchi, while serving as Special Guest of Honour, at the launch of the inaugural edition of the state Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ)’s magazine, titled ‘Correspondents’ Watch”.
“Somebody has told me to pay gratuity, yes! I’m paying gratuity. Just yesterday, I directed that N500 million naira be set aside to pay gratuity. This money is secured from the resources we are freeing from those we refused to allow to be ghost workers.