By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Chapter of Nigerian Labour Congress(NLC) has commendedGovernor Uba Sani for the recent release of N3.8 billion for the payment of death benefits and accrued rights under the Contributory Pension Scheme. The Chairman of the congress, Comrade Ayuba Magaji Suleiman, made this known...
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By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has said that his administration has complied with the Minimum Wage Act because no civil servant in Kaduna State is earning less than N70,000. The governor, who reiterated his antecedents as a human rights activist, further said that the...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Dioceses, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, has commended Governor Uba Sani for his efforts in stabilizing Kaduna State, given its strategic importance in the country. Bishop Kukah, who is also the Pro-Chancellor of Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia, praised...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna– Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has pointed out that the reduction in tuition fees has paved way for more students from humble backgrounds to bag university degrees with ease in Kaduna State. Governor Sani, noted that his administration has removed one of the barriers to...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has said that World Bank is funding 8 projects in the state, totaling over $885 million, which include the Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project, with $80 million in credit. The governor made it known when...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will continue to dominate Kaduna state and that very soon Kaduna will become a one-party state. The Governor disclosed that about four members of the House of Representatives from the...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – President Bola Tinubu has flagged off the reconstruction of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano federal highway, a critical road which is vital to the socio-economic life of Northern Nigeria. Speaking at the event on behalf of the President, Governor Uba Sani described the road as a major...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has disclosed that Kaduna State is leading the way as the first to launch the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) in Nigeria. Speaking when he paid a courtesy call at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has ordered the release of N3.8 billion to the Kaduna State Pension Bureau for immediate payment of gratuities, death benefits and accrued rights in the Contributory Pension Scheme. It was made known in a statement signed by Ibraheem Musa...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governors’ under the auspices of Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) Governor Hope Uzodinma, of Imo State has said that APC as a party is the strongest and the largest political party in Nigeria, and would remain stable and...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna– The Executive Committee and Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State has passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Tinubu and Governor Uba Sani. This is contained in a communiqué signed by Francis Danladi Kozah...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has appointed the Emir of Kauru, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Ya’u Shehu Usman as the Amirul Hajj and leader of the Government delegation for the 2025 Hajj exercise. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Ibraheem Musa, announced this...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State has been the leading Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) performing subnational amongst the 19 northern states in the last two years, owing to Governor Uba Sani’s tax reforms. The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) which disclosed this in a statement on Friday,...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna– Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has injected over 100 billion naira into water sector with the hope by the fourth quarter there will be 100 percent water supply in the state. According to the governor, his administration met capacity utilisation of the water supply scheme...
Kaduna State House of Assembly has threatened to take legal action against former Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna state for allegedly calling them “stark illiterates”. The members of the house described the allegation as a defamation of their character. The Chairman house committee on information, Henry Marah, stated this...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Chapter of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) has said that the allegation levelled by the former Governor Nasir El-Rufai regarding the siphoning of funds are false, patently absurd and ill-intentioned. ALGON, further, said that “the allegations are meant to...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev Caleb Ma’aji, has promised that Christians will pray for Governor Uba Sani’s success because he has given them a sense of belonging. Rev Ma’aji commended the Governor for his policy of inclusivity which...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has said that his preoccupation is to serve the people of Kaduna State, who elected him and not to engage in baseless and idle talks which will add no value to governance. The governor said that in the last...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has distributed 7,000 motorcycles to civil servants, 4,000 of which are electric bikes, in its efforts to ease the transportation burden of workers across the state. The governor, who flagged the distribution, said that the initiative is first of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasiru El-Rufai, resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP). El-rufai announced this in his resignation letter posted on his X handle on Monday. He said. “As a founding member of the...