Eid-el-Fitr: Sokoto government approves early payment of March salary

Ahead of the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations, the Governor of Sokoto State, Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto, has approved the contiguous outgo of March salaries, commencing Friday, March 13, 2026.

According to a connection by Abubakar Bawa, Director-General, Media and Publicity, Government House, Sokoto, the outgo covers workers successful the authorities civilian service, section authorities councils, and unit of the Local Government Education Authority (LGEA), arsenic good arsenic pensioners crossed the state.

Governor Ahmed Aliyu urged civilian servants to reciprocate the motion by the authorities authorities by remaining dedicated and committed to their duties.

“We expect our civilian servants to beryllium punctual, hard-working, committed, and supra all, sincere successful the discharge of their responsibilities,” helium said.

The politician noted that the telephone became imperative considering the captious relation civilian servants play successful the actualisation of his administration’s Nine-Point Smart Innovative Agenda aimed astatine ensuring a amended and much prosperous Sokoto State.

The connection added that the contiguous medication has, since assuming office, ensured the punctual outgo of salaries, the colony of the backlog of unpaid gratuities inherited from the contiguous past administration, the timely outgo of pensions, and the reintroduction of monthly imprest to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), arsenic good arsenic the instauration of an enabling environme...