The Ambassador of the United States of America (USA) to Nigeria, Mr Richard Mills Jnr, has extolled Gov. Ahmed Aliyu’s 9-point agenda for Sokoto state. He stated this on Thursday when he paid a courtesy call on Gov. Aliyu at the Government House, Sokoto. He said he was in Sokoto…
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Gov. Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto state has said that his administration would introduce a special skills acquisition programme for the people living with disabilities (PWDs) in the state. He gave the indication during the 2024 International Day of Persons with Disabilities held in Sokoto. According to him, the special skills…
Gov. Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto has expressed his readiness to partner the Sokoto state chapter of the Alumni Association of National Institute for the development of the state. He made this known when he received members of the state chapter of the association on a courtesy visit. The Governor expressed confidence…
Chidimma Uchegbu The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has called for the suspension of the Tax Bill currently before the National Assembly so as to enable elaborate debate on its implication on the life of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). Speaking in a statement made available to journalists…
ADDRESS DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, THE GOVERNOR OF SOKOTO STATE, DR. AHMED ALIYU SOKOTO FCNA, AT THE PRESENTATION OF THE YEAR 2025 BUDGET TO THE SOKOTO STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ON FRIDAY 29THNOVEMBER 2024. BismillahirRahmanir Rahim. May the benediction and salutations of Allah continue to be upon our noble Prophet’…
Alhaji Yusuf Mohammed Maccido, is the Commissioner of Water Resources in Sokoto State. He is a Prince of the Sultanate and one time Secretary of the Sokoto Local Government Council and Principal Private Secretary to his father, the later Sultan Muhammad Maccido. Yusuf’s passion for service to the people is…
Gov. Ahmad Aliyu has presented the 2025 state’s appropriation bill amounting to N526,882,142,484.39 The budget, which is tagged “Transformation and Infrastructural Sustainability Budget “, focuses more on developmental projects in the coming year. The breakdown of the budget indicates that capital expenditure gulped N349,386 540,354.25, while recurrent expenditure stood at…
Gov. Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto state says disclosed that his administration has not borrowed any money from any bank or organisation to execute the numerous developmental projects that it has embarked upon in the state. He also disclosed that his administration does not owe any contractor for jobs already executed.…
Sokoto State Commissioner for Water Resources, Alhaji Yusuf Mohammed Maccido, has said that the Governor, Aliyu Ahmed administration is determined to deliver the gains of democracy to people of the state. Maccido said that through his nine point agenda,Gov. Aliyu would make the state better and improve on the quality…
By Abubakar Rufai Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (Retd), the former Military Governor of Kaduna State, recently attempted to relaunch himself into political consciousness by an unwarranted attack on the Sokoto State government and the other Northern State in a BBC interview. Listening to him savage democratically elected leaders make a…