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  • El-Rufai, Deputy To Forfeit 50 Per Cent Salary
  • Governor Nasiru El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State, on Friday
    said he would forfeit 50 per cent of his salary
    pending when the financial situation of the state
    improves.

    The governor stated this in his inaugural
    address, after he was sworn-in by the state
    Chief Judge, Justice Tanimu Zailani in
    Kaduna.

    He said that the pay cut would also affect
    the Deputy Governor, Mr Barnabas Bala.
    El-Rufa’i also declared that the
    administration would “guarantee free and
    compulsory basic education for every child
    up to JS3, regardless of gender, religion or
    ethnicity.”

    He said that in spite of the challenges
    facing the state, the administration would
    also “focus on jobs, security, education, and
    healthcare.”

    “The fact is that today Kaduna State
    cannot meet its obligations without handouts
    from the federal government.

    “We cannot comfortably pay salaries of our
    teachers and nurses and civil servants.
    And after struggling to pay salaries, we
    can do little else.


    “We cannot fix the schools, help our
    farmers, repair our roads, or treat the sick.
    We have arrived at a dead end. The patient
    is sick, and it needs radical therapy.”

    El-Rufa’i said the situation demanded for
    “difficult decisions”, adding that political
    office holders must sacrifice the comfort
    of their offices for the greater good of all.
    “In recognition of the difficult challenges
    we face, our deputy Governor and I have
    concluded that the sacrifices that change
    requires must begin with us.

    “We have decided to take a pay cut and
    donate 50 percent of our salaries and
    allowances, until our fiscal situation
    improves.

    “We understand that leadership by example
    is the most persuasive way to demand
    sacrifices from all of us as citizens.
    “We pledge to avoid ostentation and foolish
    bigmanism, and to value transparency,
    modesty and accountability.

    “We will obey the same rules that we
    demand of all of you; After all, the law is
    the difference between civilization and
    anarchy.

    “We submit ourselves to the principle that
    all are equal before the Law.”
    On security, the governor said he would work
    with law enforcement officials to
    drastically reduce violent crime in the state
    including “communal violence, cattle-rustling
    and armed robbery.”

    “We will reform the administration of
    justice to ensure speedy conclusion of cases

    and send a clear message that there will be
    sanctions for unlawful conduct.”

    He therefore solicited for maximum support
    from the people of the state to enable the
    administration deliver on its promises.

    “Four years from now, by the grace of God
    and the active support of you all, we will all
    be able to say that the leaders in whose
    care you have placed your affairs today
    have given their all for the brighter future
    that we all seek

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