Niger Swears In 5 Commissioners, HOS….Buys 1,000 Cars for Civil ServantS
Adetokunbo Fakeye with agency report
Niger State Government has procured 1,000 cars for sell to civil servants in the state, Governor Babangida Aliyu, has said.
Gov. Aliyu as reported by News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, disclosed this on Wednesday in Minna while swearing in five commissioners and the state Head of Service, Alhaji Hamid Kadi-Kuta.
According to him, the vehicles would be sold to workers on the directorate cadre, with five per cent subsidy payable in four years.
The governor said the gesture was to ease the transportation problems facing some of the workers, and to boost productivity.
He said the vehicles would be issued to the beneficiaries who were expected to repay the loan through their respective banks within the designated period.
Aliyu assured middle level workers in the state that the gesture would be extended to them in due course, assuring them that the government would shoulder 10 per cent of the cost of the vehicles to be issued to them.
To the new commissioners, the governor urged them to work hard to deliver quality service to the people.
“Your work requires more of fire brigade approach to your assignment. It is your responsibility to correct any mistake in your ministry and report to us those that you cannot correct.”
He called on Nigerians to unite and support to the Federal Government to deal with the current insurgency in the country.
“It is sad that a country that is known as a peace keeper is now seeking assistance to keep peace within its borders,” he said.
The new commissioners include Alhaji Abbas Bello; Science and Technology’ Dr Joshua Nuhu; Special Duties, Alhaji Danladi Ndayebo; Information, Alhaji Abdulkareem Maizakuka; Water Resources, Alhaji Abubakar Tukur; Finance, Alhaji Abbas Munya; Mining, and Alhaji Isah Kantigi; Local Government Affairs.