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Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has said his administration is making efforts to increase the internally Generated Revenue (IGR) so that it would implement the N30,000 minimum wage.
He made this known while speaking at this year’s workers day celebration in Gusau on Saturday.
Also, he said some of the measured the state government is considering is creating the enabling environment to attract investment.
Others included the implementation of the Public Procurement Policy as well as the decentralization of payment of salaries.
The governor also said the introduction of Treasury Single Account (TSA) to block all leakages is being considered.
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A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), yesterday, in Abuja expressed concern over possible return of scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise called petrol, as intrigues grow over the deregulation of the petroleum industry.
The CSOs, which vehemently opposed the position of Labour unions, especially the Nigerian Labour Union and the Trade Union, noted that any attempt to reverse the deregulation of the downstream sector would send Nigeria’s economy into coma and leave decades of economic woes.
With queues already returning to some parts of the Federal Capital Territory, as fuel stations are already closing down, while black marketers are surfacing in some parts, the CSOs, led by the convener, Timothy Ademola, stressed that the market stabilisation witnessed in the past one year of deregulation, remained an indication that full deregulation is the way to go, if Nigerians would enjoy the benefits of their hydrocarbon wealth.