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Zamfara: Matawalle paid civil servants N7,000 as salary – Minister’s ex-aide slams APC

By John Owen Nwachukwu


Mr Lawal Idris, a former Senior Special Assistant to the immediate past Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has slammed his former boss, describing his istration as a failure.

He described the tenure of Matawalle as the dark days of political upheavals, economic stagnation, insecurity and confusion, when civil servants were owed months of their wages and pensions.

According to him, his former principal could not pay the then minimum wage of N30,000.00, but paid N7000.00 to civil servants.

He said this in response to a factional All Progressives Congress, APC, Publicity Secretary in the State, Yusuf Idris Gusau, who said that the payment of the much awaited N70,000.00 minimum wage by Gov Dauda Lawal was a deceit to hoodwink civil servants that he is an action governor who has their welfare at heart.

In response, Idris, a former aide to Matawalle, said that the APC is envious of the achievements of Gov Lawal in barely two years in office, which according to him, sured the four years of the immediate past APC-led government of Matawalle.

According to him, the APC is still groaning over its defeat in the 2023 governorship election.

Writing on behalf of Zamfara Rescue Movement, Idris said, “To state that the governor is working hard, particularly in the implementation of the minimum wage to civil servants as a ‘deceit’ to gain their is a deliberate distortion of [truth].

“To distort facts and try to incite citizens against the government they overwhelmingly voted into office and still is unpatriotic and counterproductive.

“Partisan politics should be set aside as the government strives to provide dividends of democracy to citizens.

“This is what APC failed to understand. Politics of bitterness has no place in Zamfara State, which was why the people voted out the party in the 2023 gubernatorial election and why the party also remains factionalized in the state without direction and future.

“The government of Bello Matawalle of APC could not pay then minimum wage of N30,000.00, instead he paid N7000.00 to civil servants for a month salary.

“Civil servants were demoralised and impoverished which grossly affected their potentials and productivity essential in charting economic growth and prosperity.

“Despite this meagre salary workers and pensioners were equally owed months of their wages and pensions; promotion, human capital development trainings etc, were suspended due to lack of initiatives and strategic management of scarce resources.

“It was this atmosphere of despondency and insecurity that compelled the good people of Zamfara State to vote out a sitting governor, Bello Matawalle of APC.

“For the people of Zamfara, the dark days of political upheavals, economic stagnation, insecurity and confusion in governance is over.

“All benefits to former of the State House of Assembly were settled, funds to Ministries, Departments and Agencies in the state withheld for two years by the Matawalle’s istration were released.”

https://dailypost.ng/2025/03/31/zamfara-matawalle-paid-civil-servants-n7000-as-salary-ministers-ex-aide-slams-apc/

State Civil servants are really suffering.......

That's how Yahaya Bello was paying workers based on percentage....

Baba Tinubu always associating with failures , criminals and rogues

You dey mind them

Family problem rankadede family.

Just imagine. Meanwhile them dey chant his name as good governor

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Baba Tinubu always associating with failures , criminals and rogues

True, but at the end, it is still the governor's fault for not paying minnum wage.

Some of these news seems too ridiculous to even fathom

And to think he is still eyeing that post. Some of this leaders and mad effrontery ehn.

No wonder poverty is so prevalent in that region. How can someone survive on a monthly salary of NGN7,000—less than $4?

Smoke another t please 🤣🤣🤣

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Baba Tinubu always associating with failures , criminals and rogues

Northern leaders always treat their people as slaves, they know their people will keep following like pawns, as long as they play to the gallery, confuse them with sharia law and use hypocritical rhetoric to keep them excited.

... And today he is a minister. Handsomely rewarded for his performance as Zamfara state governor.

Lol na Recharge card money Dem dey work for...


To hold state Govt for balls dey hard For NLC state workers go dey suffer and NLC go dey du close eyes...

JASONjnr:
State Civil servants are really suffering.......

That's how Yahaya Bello was paying work based on percentage....

State civil servants are really suffering, 80% of our governors are ripping them off .

Apel147:
Smoke another t please 🤣🤣🤣

Ignorant... empty skull

No wonder they kicked his ass out. Bulaba still come use am do Minister of state for defence

Birds of the same feather

Thi.ef

And now he is a minister... Person wey suppose dey jail?

He got rewarded to empower him to return, because na political ally. Just imagine the assemblance of thieves.

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Baba Tinubu always associating with failures , criminals and rogues

Na him way be that o....

He got away with it and now rewarded to empower him to return.

What a country......

Oh GOD ALMIGHTIEST why why

The person paying 7k and that animal owing in full, I don't know who is even worse.

But in the end you will still vote for APC 😂😂😂😂

Una dey mad.
Birds of a feather.

I pour una spit. 20litres of my Saliva. Tueh..

The fact is that some states in Nigeria are not even financially viable because without FAAC allocation from Abuja they can't survive because they have very poor internal revenue generation capacity...how then do you expect the governor to pay living wage to his over bloated civil servant workforce when he also has capital projects that also need financial commitment?

Lolz. Anytime you see posts or rants like this, you know that the person writing or saying that is about to run for a political position. So he is looking for sympathy to gain new followers. Same useless tricks they have been using for long and mumu people keep falling for it including some people commenting here. One question you should ask all these politicians is that, why can't he resign then and call him out ? So after many months or years he left office, he just ed that?
Nonsense

See wickedness.

Maybe that's why banditry can't stop.

Many people would choose to die a thousand times trying to make ends meet than to starve to death.

What's 7k?

DSS should arrest that man, this case is bigger than EFCC, this is pure witchcraft.

How do you pay someone 7k? How? And this was even after the multiple bailouts of billions of Naira Buhari gave each governor then. Add Paris club refund too. So why should any governor owe or even pay that amount?

TimeManager and helineus has no comments for now lol 😂

Hie ex-ade must be seeking for favour from people after watching how boss victimized civil servants with uttering an opposing view until now he is outside power.These people should stop taking Nigerians for a ride.