Ramadan: Sokoto govt approves 50% salary bonus to workers, pensioners

Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State has approved the payment of half salary bonus as Ramadan gift to all civil servants, primary school teachers, local government staff and pensioners in the state.

A statement issued on Sunday night by the Press Secretary to the Governor, Abubakar Bawa, said the gesture was to assist workers in the state to observe this year’s Ramadan fast with a relative ease.

Governor Aliyu appealed to the Muslim ummah to use the sacred month of Ramadan to pray for Allah’s intervention in the various challenges confronting the country.

He appealed to traders and wealthy individuals in the state to show love and compassion to the less-privileged for them to earn Allah’s mercy and forgiveness in the holy month.

He appreciated the people of the state for their continued support and fervent prayers to his administration, which he described as key to all the successes so far recorded in the state.