By Muhammad Ibrahim, Sokoto
Unconnected with the facts to ensure Muslims in the State start this year’s Ramadan fast comfortably, Governor of Sokoto State, Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto PhD, fcna has approved the payment of half salaries as Ramadan gift to all civil servants,Primary school Teachers, Local Government staff as well as pensioners in the state.
The magnanimous gesture, which is expected to commence tonight is to assist workers in the state observe this year’s Ramadan fast with a relative ease.
Governor Aliyu, therefore, appealed to the Muslim ummah to use the sacred month to pray for Allah’s intervention in the numerous challenges hindering smooth Nigeria’s development.
The statement by the governor’s media aide, Abubakar Bawa also said the governor called on traders and wealthy individuals in the state to show love and mercy to the have-nots for them to earn Allah’s mercy and forgiveness in this holy month.
The Governor thanked the people of the state for their continued support and fervent prayers to his administration, which he described as key to all the succesess so far recorded in the state.
