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Governor Yusuf’s One Year: How Pensioners Were Saved from Grass to Grace

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Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf Of Kano State

<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"xY8nmkhA" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>By Emmanuel Pascal<&sol;p><div class&equals;"fRzZUZrg" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>As an ardent follower of Nigerian politics for years and a former resident of Kano before settling in my hometown&comma; I found it extremely important to write about one of the key achievements of the Governor of my second native state&comma; Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf&comma; a governor who was elected by the masses to right the wrongs of Dr&period; Ganduje administration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When we were growing up as kids in Kano&comma; our parents&comma; who worked as contractors for the Kano State Government&&num;8217&semi;s civil service&comma; would tell us how progressive politics made Kano different from other Nigerian states&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>By the time old age forced our parents to leave the state&comma; some of us who were born there continued to keenly follow the political trends in Kano&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"M9nWA66j" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>I was discussing with my father&comma; who has been retired for many years&period; He was telling me how the former APC administration in Kano created artificial poverty among the state&&num;8217&semi;s teeming pensioners&period; I said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Baba&comma; that is an old story now&period; Do you know the red cap revolutionaries in Kano politics&comma; led by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf&comma; have stopped that and have since cleared the backlog of pensions and arrears&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>I continued to highlight some of the achievements my father was interested in&comma; and the conversation continued like this&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>By prioritizing the well-being of retirees&comma; his administration efforts in settling all outstanding pension arrears for those who dedicated their lives to public service&comma; has provided much-needed financial stability in the state&period; This has helped in reducing the burden of uncertainty&comma; allowing retirees to enjoy their golden years with dignity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His administration also halted unnecessary deductions from the salaries of state workers and retirees&period; He ensured that their hard-earned wages remain intact&comma; establishing trust and goodwill among civil servants in order to boost their morale and enhance productivity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Within his one year in office&comma; Pensioners who had waited patiently for years finally received their due&period; He earmarked N11 billion to demonstrate the state government&&num;8217&semi;s commitment to fulfilling part of the promises made to its retirees&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Governor Abba’s administration also ensured that the families of deceased civil servants receive their rightful benefits&period; By settling death benefits and gratuities&comma; his administration acknowledges the sacrifices made by these individuals and provides much-needed support during difficult times&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Father&comma; apart from that&comma; he has since introduced biometric capture of the pensioners in order to flush out ghost ones from them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He also ensured that he renovated the staff office at Audu Bako Secretariat and stopped the deduction of salary of staff of the pensioners&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When I finished&comma; Baba said that is wonderful&comma; and he even told me he has a friend who was a retired permanent secretary in Kano&period; He said for his monthly pension under the former APC administration&comma; the sum of 50 thousand Naira was being deducted from his salary&comma; which has now stopped under Governor Abba&&num;8217&semi;s administration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; 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