Private sector operators have ruled out fresh allowances for workers following the recent decision of the Federal Government to increase the wages of civil servants by N35,000
The death of Gombe State Permanent Secretary, Balarabe Poloma, was on Sunday confirmed by the state government. Poloma died at the age of 60, one week before his retirement from service. Before his death, Poloma was said to have served three administrations as the Permanent Secretary, Gombe State Government House. Governor Muhammadu Yahaya mourned the death of Poloma and offered his condolences to his family among others.
Sunday PUNCH learnt that their invasion of people’s farms during the dry season farming, which spanned from November to March, was because grasses tend to dry up in the wild, due to reduced rainfall. Thus, the hippos, in their search for food, migrate to and feast on readily available greens, which sometimes are people’s farms.