Niger State House of Assembly, on Thursday, approved move by the state government to secure N1.85 billion overdraft facility from a bank to pay June salaries of primary school teachers and local government workers in the state.
The approval was granted at a brief session of the assembly, following a letter from the state governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, requesting the approval to obtain the facility.
The lawmakers were unanimous in approving the request without any debate when the Speaker, Honourable Marafa Ahmed, read the governor’s letter.
The governor, in the letter dated. Monday, June 29, 2015 and transmitted to the assembly on Wednesday, July 1, stated that the standby facility was to surge up the revenue shortfall in 2015 local government budget.
Honourable Marafa Ahmed commended his colleagues for the prompt response and understanding of the situation of the rural dwellers, and thereby directed the clerk of the Assembly, Mohammed Kagara, to convey the approval to the governor.
