The Governor of Sokoto State, Ahmed Aliyu has approved the payment of June salary to workers in the state beginning from Monday to allow them prepare for the coming Eid-el-Kabir festival.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Abubakar Bawa, in a statement on Sunday, said the gesture was to ensure that workers in the state celebrate this year’s Eid-el-Kabir comfortably.
Bawa said the payment covers state civil servants, local government staff and pensioners.
He conveyed the governor’s wishes to the entire Muslim Ummah for a hitch-free Eid-el-Kabir festival.
